Katabasis (Standard Edition)
By R F Kuang
A journey into the bowels of hell and plotting the way according to the philosophers and magicians of yore just to learn that idolizing the teacher with MWM syndrome wasn't worth it.
If only we didn't need to learn this lesson the hard way, where we suffer and torment ourselves. Maybe the more books we read like this, the more we learn we can skip that part and just know that we don't need their approval or permission to be enough in the world. We already are.
*Tip: don't listen to the audiobook version. The narrators aren't very good and one slips into a British accent on occasion for the American character. We don't eat "pizzar" in the U.S.
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academia hell misogyny patriarchy560 pages
Published Aug 25, 2025 by Harper Voyager
Fiction - Fantasy - Historical
Fiction - Gothic
Fiction - Magical Realism
Fiction - Fantasy - Romance
Fiction - Ghost
Fiction - Visionary & Metaphysical
Fiction - Occult & Supernatural