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Claire North: Notes from the Burning Age (Hardcover, 2021, Orbit) 4 stars

Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty …

Review of 'Notes from the Burning Age' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Beautifully and darkly poetic, there's a lot here about the value of life, the fallacy of human elitism, and the bleakness of history. It's not an easy read, and as far as stories go, it's not one with the beginning, middle, and end. But it is a slice of a very dark life, and not a bad read.