#katabasis

[piratelilabard]

how it feels hoping for a happy ending in an rf kuang book:

[pontiuspilatesprincess]

Best moment of Katabasis so far is when they meet the cohort of dead students who voluntarily stay in Hell when they don't have to, because they'd rather stay charred ghosts if they're the charred ghosts of prestigious Oxbridge attendees rather than risk reincarnation as a farmer or laborer. That bit is C.S. Lewis-worthy.

[berrywritings]

Pool but make it c*nt!

[literarybrainrot]

Absolutely infuriating that people keep trashing on R.F. Kuang for “being pretentious” when they knowingly pick up a novel in a genre KNOWN for using academic language. Like please don’t read dark academia if you’re not prepared for references to classic lit, footnotes, or elevated language like babe those are genre staples.

[deminshi]

Chapter one. Pt.1

“Cambridge, Michaelmas Term, October.

She knew that voice. She knew, before she turned around, whom she would find at the door.”

-KATABASIS, R.F. Kuang-

[joana-de-artes]

Star-crowned Ariadne and her loving husband

[nico-di-genova]

Katabasis spoilers without context.

[bookcub]

you should read katabasis by r. f. kuang if you like ...

unlikable but relatable main characters

biting critiques of higher academia

love stories that don't follow the structure of a romance (between two overachieving PhD students)

philosophical debates and the application of classic logic

alice in wonderland and dante's inferno

examining toxic relationships between professor and students

detailed and in depth magic systems

raw examinations of the sacrifices expected of students

texts that make you think and ponder difficult questions about life, death, school, and what we truly desire