Loved itI'm really am happy that this book has been finding its audience because I read it the year it came out and like no one was really talking about it. This is truly it loves its genre and it's so imaginative and unique.
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The Spear Cuts Through Water (2022)
Others: Leaning positive The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. But that god cannot be contained forever. With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before.
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- 9780593156599
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- 525 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction, romance
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Loved itIt is one of the most unique fantasy stories I've ever experienced and it is beautifully crafted. A stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning thing. Five out of five stars, 10 out of 10. Read this, please.
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Not a fanit didn't quite land for me. There was a sense of kind of the world that just didn't connect with me.
MixedThis one is very tricky because I have seen it being recommended everywhere and alongside the books that I normally really enjoy, so I was really looking forward to but I think deep down I was also scared of the writing style because I've heard that it is not the most easy one. I do think this is a very unique read, and I think every unique read is going to be polarizing.
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Loved itAnd then if you want more overt fantasy, A Spear Cuts Through Water. I think a lot of people will a lot of people do love. This is from 2022. and it's a journey of identity and belonging.
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MixedI liked this. We read this with the book club... This book is so interesting and weird. And like not for everyone and like the what it's doing with the writing is very interesting. It's just not one that sits high enough in my feelings...
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Loved itthis book is a masterpiece it is incredibly ambitious it is very much unlike most if not all of what I've read before