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Book of the Month- January 2018

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Book of the Month January 2018 Despite the frustrating end to this book, I have to say it was the most entertaining book I read in January. It was very refreshing to be so engaged with a book after quite a few I struggled to enjoy. So here are a few of my favourite parts of it! Watch out for spoilers in this post. Favourite character: Devi. After the ruthlessness and violence of the moneylender was so skillfully built up, I was fully expecting it to be a man- that seemed to suit the tone of the city. So Kvothe's discovery of Devi was a very welcome surprise. I loved the scenes where she and Kvothe bargain, and her character was the most intriguing in the whole story. Best quote: Chronicler:  "It's not really my place to comment on the story. If you say you saw a dragon..."   After a lot of dramatic storytelling on Kvothe's part, he tells the scribe to deny that the creature he has just described is a dragon. The scribe refuses, and Kvothe has t...