Inversions
by Iain Banks
Taste attributes: fantasyscience fictiondramamysteryslowfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricateemotive & stirringsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, stylised fantasy novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.8 / 5
28 ratings
About This Book
In the winter palace, the King’s new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about.
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- Author
- Iain Banks
- Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 397
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- Source
- Open Library
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