The Masquerade's usual tools of relying on individual self-interest via trade and education can't find a foothold against the Mbo's dedication to community and cooperation, to the cryptarch's confusion. Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Throughout the early part of the book, the cryptarchs struggle to create an effective plan to fragment the Oriati Mbo society.Its presence is represented by infrequent right-justified text. It occasionally takes over her right arm. Double Consciousness: The head wound Baru took at the end of the last book somehow divided the lobes of her brain on top of everything else, and the right hemineglect-affected half now thinks it's Tain Hu.Field-General is slang for someone doomed to destruction. It is revealed that the Masquerade doesn't have a standing army for this very reason.The Admiralty is firmly against this and actively seek to eliminate Baru before a war can start. Civil War: The powers behind the throne want to start a war to take control of the Oriati Mbo.Becoming the Mask: The central theme of Baru's journey.Ambiguously Brown: Averted with Apparitor.
Aluminum Christmas Trees: invoked The afterword explains that many of the more fantastical elements introduced in the book have a real-world basis, such as naturally-occurring nuclear reactors, immortal cancer cells, and transmissible cancers. The following tropes have been found in this work: The book is followed up by The Tyrant Baru Coromant. Having succeeded in her goal of joining the highest level of power in the Masquerade following her false rebellion in Aurdynn, Baru continues with her quest to destroy the Masquerade from within. Three years following the release of The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson has returned with a sequel. Great job by Seth Dicksinson."If something hurts, does that make it true?" I am rarely so impressed by a debut novel. I will probably finish the sequel tonight, but I felt like I had to say something on here before then. I finally see why all those people were recommending it. Blown away by how much I enjoyed this book and the story it tells. I looked at the description of the first book and it did not look like anything special to me as I had read several books with similar summaries in recent months and did not think they were anything special.įast forward to now, when I finally started reading The Traitor Baru Comorant on my kindle a few hours ago and just finished it. Anyways, a few months ago everyone on here seemed to be so excited for a sequel coming out to the book The Traitor Baru Cormorant. I've been a fairly voracious reader for years and am always looking for new books to read as I tend to burn through most recommended series very quickly. Little bit of background: So I've been on this sub-reddit for a while now, made several posts about recommendations and read lots of the favorites that people have mentioned.
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