The Raven Tower
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Raven Tower is a 2019 fantasy novel by Ann Leckie and her first fantasy novel. The novel recounts the story of Mawat, a prince seeking to overthrow his usurper uncle and regain his rightful place as the servant of a local god. He is accompanied by Eolo, his loyal retainer. The story is told by a nature deity in both a first-person narrative and a second-person narrative.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 242 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 17 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 225 | 93% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Loved the Ancillary series but I could not get into this story at all. I hate to say it but I was just bored the whole time basically forcing myself to continue reading it because of the high opinion I hold for Leckie's other works.”
“This book is impressively rendered. I understand all the choices, why the writing leans so heavily into 2nd person in the segments it does, why it is structured in the way that it is. All that is impressive. But it can't help the problems of…”
Frequently asked
How long is The Raven Tower?
It has 432 pages — shorter than 69% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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