Tak! reviewed Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
4 stars
Katabasis was a fun ride - "what if Virgil were a Cambridge magic scholar"
It's mostly a story about the characters' abusive relationships with their advisor and with life in general. I thought it fell apart a little in the middle where it turned out that the characters had done meticulous, exhaustive research up to a point, and then were like "meh, it'll work out somehow" after that. The ending felt very hollywood, but that's maybe forgivable for a "to hell and back" story 🤷
Katabasis was a fun ride - "what if Virgil were a Cambridge magic scholar"
It's mostly a story about the characters' abusive relationships with their advisor and with life in general. I thought it fell apart a little in the middle where it turned out that the characters had done meticulous, exhaustive research up to a point, and then were like "meh, it'll work out somehow" after that. The ending felt very hollywood, but that's maybe forgivable for a "to hell and back" story 🤷