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"I liked the concept; the writing is quite dynamic and keeps you interested in what happens next."
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"I was probably expecting too much of this book, seeing the hype (and the long wait to get it...) and it disappointed me a little bit.
I enjoyed the alternative history take on colonialism, but the story and the characters were not that entertainin..."
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"I wanted to LOVE this book. I devoured R. F. Kuang's "The Poppy War" trilogy and had high hopes, that were exaggerated by high Tiktok praise, that this would be the best read of my year. But it wasn't. While I found the magic system intelligent an..."
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1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's...
