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in summary:

🇬🇧 I think I really wanted to like this, and I did, but it was a bit disappointing overall. Don't get me wrong, I think it was a good book, and finishing it did torment me for a few days, in a good book kind of way. But I think I expected more. More twists and turns, or maybe just more action. The beginning and end were great. The world building is cool, I loved the premise of the book (I love me some language lore, so language based magic had my heart all the way), and I think the characters were amazing, really nicely conceptualized and written. I would have loved to get to know them more like, spend more time with them in their daily lives and struggles, and see them develop relationships and everything with one another, more in a fantasy book, kids having adventures type situation. But I think that wasn't the point of the book, so I'm not mad at it. I do believe though, that diving deeper into their behavior and personal history could have provided more insight on the issues presented by the book. This is a bit of a miss for me because of this. I feel the point of the book was to criticize the system in place, and although it did depict the system in a way that I think was really good and realistic, relatable, it didn't go deep enough on the criticizing part imo. Maybe it tried to leave place to think for the reader ? But in doing so, it did not give enough information to think on. Would have been maybe more okay if the book was shorter, but with that many pages, I feel you should have time to dive in deep. That's my take on it at least. And even though it had flaws, I'm glad I read it. I just don't think I'll reread it.