the death of language is the death of culture.

this was such a hauntingly, captivating book that (imo) effectively explores the romanization and horrors of setter colonialism, capitalism, and a critique of elitist academia through a unique magical concept that doesn’t feel too far off from the source material, which makes it easier to see its tangible impacts. you cannot tackle these subjects without the intersectionality of race, gender, class, etc. and each character really does serve a purpose in highlighting these different perspectives. i also appreciate this books depiction of settler colonialism because of the inclusion of global implications that some other dark academia books don’t really talk about. i wish this becomes a common reading for eng lit classes. 

i was absolutely captivated and destroyed by this book. a book has not made me feel like this in a WHILE.