Good things:

• Nicely realized setting
• Intriguing premise
• Protagonists that aren’t teenagers or twentysomethings (seems to be rare online)
• Portrays friendship between two men (also rare!)
• Believable personality types
• Plot is sometimes unexpected

Not so good things: - Writing needs polish - Characters have repetitive arguments/thoughts - Some plot threads left hanging - Central issue (slavery) is never really discussed in full, despite the protagonist thinking about agonizing over it

Overall, if the premise intrigues you you’ll probably be willing to gloss over the writing problems, so give it a look. Personally I’m glad to see a book about two men with a platonic relationship, since that seems rare online.

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