![]() ![]() My impression is that the author knows clearly that some of her actions are truly unforgivable. I could clearly understand why Baru does what she does, but I never felt like I had to like or forgive her for it. ![]() But Seth Dickinson is not one of those authors. Especially if you go soft on them and let them get away with their wrongdoings, unpleasant behaviors, or plain stupidities. ![]() I cannot stand it when the authors try to make the reader forgive and sympathize with morally grey or simply unpleasant protagonists, screaming THEY HAVE TRAUMA! THEY SUFFERED INJUSTICE! YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND! YOU CANNOT BLAME OR HATE THEM! Of course I can hate them, and I will. First of all, the protagonist is truly morally questionable antiheroine who does terrible things, and the author doesn’t try to justify her actions or to force the reader to sympathize with her. There were some great elements that I really liked. So here’s my very subjective take on The Traitor Baru Cormorant. After reading your comments, I began to read it as a story set in an imaginary world about a person who takes more and more morally questionable actions to fight the evil, plus lots of political intrigues. In the beginning, I tried to project too much of real-world politics and history and my view on them into the story, which made me dissatisfied. Your answers helped me to decide whether to read this book to the end (I did!) and to enjoy the story more by dispelling some of my preconceptions. I posted a question about The Traitor Baru Cormorant on this sub, and many of you kindly answered it. ![]()
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