The Wandering Inn: Book 9 - Tears of Liscor by Pirateaba
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

To be honest, I got a VERY bad feeling about this book by the cover, alone. I knew I was going to hate what was coming, but the question, as always, was WHO would die.

God damn it. After reading this absolutely enormous book and loving every single moment of it, from the quiet, happy times, to the dark questions, to the burning desire to just treat people RIGHT even when they're not even considered PEOPLE by others, to the despair, the lines that couldn't be stepped over, to the god damn brilliant heroism, I'm just at a total loss.

This book destroyed me.

Whatever quibbles I might have about its writing takes a seat WAY back in the bus to the actual storytelling. It's everything I want--long, detailed dives into every single important character in the series. -- On every side of every conflict.

Economy of writing is far from everything. It's like saying that a thing is superior ONLY because it's cheap. Well, guess what? Vast, sprawling tales that all come together eventually, full of heart, humor, and yes, tragedy, all set and colliding in an absolutely enormous worldbuilding, is like truly living another, rich life. And yes, the whole is greater than its parts.

And as for this particular book, I want to RAGE against Liscor and all the damn people I'd grown to love there. I just can't believe that these people DID that.

*cries in memory*

To my synesthesia, I can only taste ashes on my tongue, where just before, I had been eating hearty minestrone soup.



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