Farthing
Farthing, Book 1
creator(s): Jo Walton |
medium(s): book |
date reviewed: 16 January 2026
rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This book is the perfect kind of unexpected blend. It never hides that it’s an alternate history novel, but what begins as a relatively cozy mystery story gradually becomes more and more of a reflection on unsufficiently resisting Nazis and slow decline into fascism.
It will be 20 years old this year, but it feels written for this time.
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