And history-Napoleon’s fable that we all agree on-is the crux of The Empress of Salt and Fortune. When the Goodreads group Books and Boba chose it for its August read, I jumped in.Īll the characters are human, save for a magical talking bird who records history. While its blurb “Handmaiden’s Tale meets Game of Thrones” intrigued me, the animals on the cover and a character named Rabbit led me to believe it was an anthropomorphic story. With a title reminiscent of a Chinese restaurant catering to American tastes, Nghi Vo’s The Empress of Salt and Fortune had been buried deep in my Mount TBR since its release in March. NOT “ Handmaid’s Tale meets Game of Thrones” Two hours later, I was done, and was smacking my head at having missed the subtlety. Then, I re-read it, knowing how it ended. Note: Upon finishing this novella, which took six days the first time around, I immediately wrote an initial review where I rated it 6/10 stars.
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