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reviewed Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft (The Books of Babel, #1)

Josiah D Bancroft, Josiah Bancroft: Senlin Ascends (Paperback, 2018, Orbit) 4 stars

"The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel of the Silk Age. Immense as a …

Review of 'Senlin Ascends' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I loved this. We start with priggish headmaster Thomas Senlin and his young bride going to the center of civilization on their honeymoon, and things start going wrong for Tom quickly. I had entirely forgotten how delicious an unlikeable protagonist is, and Tom is pretty unlikeable!

This book is almost as if Jasper Fforde or Nick Harkaway wrote Piranesi. It's zany, horrifying, sweet, and action-packed.