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The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

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welshiswhims's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

kelskiiz's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

beautiful writing. short form writers are really amazing to me; the amount of plot and emotion they can pack away into a certain amount of words is incredible. the rhythmic storytelling structure and evocative writing style had my heart a bittersweet, fiercely proud mess.

allrileydup's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

4.0

okapireads's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

therevallison's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

For such a short read it was very engaging and seemingly had more depth than longer books I've read. I'm also hooked for the other books in the series now.

I want to know more about the clerics and divine in this world. I also hope we get the meet the new empress.

Also I didn't understand at first....until the end when I finally did. As I think we were supposed to. Excellent prose.

mitskacir's review

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4.0

This was a really beautifully written novella. The world was sparse yet at the same time felt rich and full, like there is much more to be discovered and explored in future additions. I was very impressed by the ease of world building, especially after reading some particularly dense fantasy novels where I still felt uncertain about the world hundreds of pages in. Very much looking forward to the next in the series.