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In the Vanishers’ Palace

Aliette de Bodard

Start date: July 31, 2022

Finish date: August 31, 2022

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Oct 18, 2018 Suncani rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi, wishlist, 5-stars

Very much enjoyed this. It is recognisably beauty and the beast but does a lot of new and interesting things away from that story. Additionally, it recognises and deals with the inherent uneven power dynamics of such a set up by focusing on agency and choice.

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Sep 29, 2018 Tessa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, romance, recommended

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Aliette de Bodard was kind enough to send me an ARC of In The Vanishers’ Palace in exchange for an honest review. I requested it shortly after she did the cover reveal of this amazing book. She promoted it as ‘an f/f retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a dragon’. That, and knowing it was written by Aliette de Bodard was enough for me to want this book.

I’ve been wanting to read more diverse books and In The Vanishers’ Palace has it all. Non-binary cha ...more

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Dec 12, 2022 Naomi rated it liked it

This is one of the strangest books I've read this year. I think that if the story had been done a little differently it could have been amazing, but in the end it just didn't work for me, style and writing-wise. I wanted it to be more fleshed out, more explained, and instead everything just sort of felt like floating without any grounding details. Still, very interesting. ...more

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