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Title: An astonishingly miserable book.
Review: I, too, picked this up on the basis of its Hugo and Nebula. What a mistake! Hands down the worst "science fiction" book I've ever read. Boring characters, none of whom are noble, evil, or in any way interesting. Nothing happens (other than unrelenting misery and pointless suffering). Zero character development; Kivrin has zero impact on the "contemps"; EVERYBODY dies; need I go on? Oh yeah: Wills doesn't even have the decency to punish the moron Gilchrist or whatever his name was...she lets him die peacefully offstage, never getting his comeuppance! An astonishingly miserable book. Run, do not walk, away from it.
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