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Children of Ruin
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May 1, 2019
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Leticia
Trust this brilliant author to reinvent his narrative colours with every book, he is a surprising writing chameleon (or octopus)! :-)
Victor Gutierrez
Feb 29, 2024 rated it it was amazing
5/5 Stars.

In some aspects, I liked this better than the first novel. Namely, the horror elements in it (mild spoiler?). Case in point: "We're going on an adventure," if you know you know.

The tone was much bleaker than that of the first novel while retaining the same grand scope. Here the pacing was closer to that of a thriller, with the story having a stronger feeling of urgency and stakes than in the first novel.
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