Zak reviewed Katabasis by R. F Kuang (duplicate)
Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
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Stays Winning
5 stars
The seven deadly sins as a framing device stay winning. Fuck the story circle, give me a descent into hell every time.
I'm not, at my core, an academic, so dark academia only sometimes appeals to me. But this story is so brutally human that it appeals still.