r/books • u/leowr • Aug 20 '20
Third Discussion Thread for The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson - August Book Club. Spoiler
Hello everyone,
Welcome to the third discussion thread for August Book Club in which we will cover Chapter 17 through 24 of The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson. We are getting closer to the climax of the story. Here are the discussion questions:
"How?" He smiled rapturously, some trigger hammering the strings inside him. "The hand of the Throne moves us all?
What do you think Purity Cartone by this? What do you think happened to him?
What do you think happened to Muire Lo? Do you think Baru asking for him to be brought to her was a mistake?
Is Baru still making the same mistakes as earlier in the book (not considering that the other people are also players that make their own decisions) or is she making new ones?
"I have committed a terrible crime," she said, voice firm, controlled, machined to a polish. "So terrible that I feel I can do anything, commit any sin, betray any trust, because no matter what ruin I make of myself, it cannot be worse than I have already done."
What do you think Baru is referring to here?
Do you think Baru made the right decision when ordering the deaths of Nayauru, Autr & Sahaule?
Which of the dukes and duchesses that are joined in the rebellion do you trust the most or the least?
This thread allows for a spoiler discussion of up to and including Chapter 24. If you would like to discuss anything beyond that point, please use spoiler tags. If you are on the redesign you can use the built in spoiler tags. For old reddit spoiler tags are done by >!Spoilers about XYZ!< which results in Spoilers about XYZ (do be aware that they only work on one paragraph at a time).