Notes From The Burning Age, Claire North

 

Notes From the Burning Age by Claire North.  Claire North is the pen name for Catherine Webb.

Started: 8/19/2022
Completed: 8/22/2022
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody, just enjoyed another book of hers, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.

Review:

I felt like this book was basically a romance from the start.  It is.  It is much more complex than that and there are some very interesting philosophical points addressed (e.g., do the gods care about man, is war ever appropriate, why do we think that the information we have is important, etc.)  There is also some espionage.  And, of course, it takes place in a dystopian future.  This book, thus, defies categorization.  Having said that, it is a romance.  I did enjoy the layers and I really liked the way that characters developed from well explained beginnings.  This book was enjoyable for the rich experience of reading.  The various plots and their meandering through basically flawed people were far from uplifting.