![]() ![]() “They pretended they saw a noble hero, because he’d tried so hard to fit himself into that picture, and they loved the picture: that made his power something for them, something that would help them. Anger and resentment are well-earned, in this world that we discover hinges on pain belonging to someone else but those reaping the rewards, and even moments of friendship are often bittersweet, and there’s not a distraction of a budding love story full of sweet interactions. And it makes this book dark and angry, and uncomfortable. ![]() Le Guin addressed this in her fable The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, and Naomi Novik does it here as well. ![]() But it seems the people are willing to recognize that for some things a huge price needs to be paid - as long as someone else pays that price and they get to look the other way, justifying to themselves that someone needs to pay it after all. Ask yourself: is it worth to sacrifice one person for the benefit of many? If you say yes, chances are you’re not the one being sacrificed. ![]()
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