Saturday, May 30, 2026

River of Smoke - Amitav Ghosh (Spoilers?)

This review has some information that could constitute a spoiler, so please take that into consideration.

I finally, FINALLY got to read this book, the sequel to my beloved Sea of Poppies, and the second book in the Ibis Trilogy. Before I started the book, I had no idea if it was a direct sequel but it did in fact pick up pretty much right where the previous book leaves off. We don't hear a lot about some of the characters, which is too bad, because I just love them all so much I actually missed them. A lot of the book is almost more about placing us in space and time than catching us up on the characters, but we do spend quite a bit of time with some of them, and catch glimpses of others. I will say that it had less of a cinematic feel than the first book, but of course it was still top notch and I highly recommend it. On to the next book!! 

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