H. Rider Haggard 2000
- What it is
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In search of a lost world or a treasure · a world to get lost in
- Genre
- Classics
- Feels
- Wondrous Atmospheric Epic Adventurous
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Like yours: lost worlds and treasures · no clean hands here
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Like yours: lost worlds and treasures · odd and endearing
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Full of big ideas · a myth or a classic told anew
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A world to get lost in · strangers who become a family
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Like yours: the long road · a big story that sweeps you along
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In common with yours: lost worlds and treasures · properly scary
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That same atmospheric and adventurous pull, now in historical fiction
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One to read slowly, but in literary fiction
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Like yours: the long road · tender and sad at once
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Like yours: the long road · it hurts, and then it heals
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Love and laughs in equal parts · love in the middle of danger
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Just as epic and adventurous, but more morally grey and hopeful
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Love in the middle of danger · an adventure with a love story in it
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · a big story that sweeps you along
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It tells it straight, but in a thriller
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Odd and endearing, but in humour
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It'll scare you, but in a mystery
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Fierce and defiant, but in historical fiction
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