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Tattoo

by Kirsten Imani Kasai

Published 2011363 pagesISBN 978-0-3455-0882-9

"In Ice Song, Sorykah Minuit has defeated the Collector and fled his ruined palace of horrors. Her children are safe; her journey, she thinks, is over. But now, in Tatto, the sequel to Ice Song, the dark tendrils of the Collector's projects, and the secret conspiracies of his twisted children, are beginning to rot the world of the Sigue from within. Even Sorykah, who wants nothing more than to live in peace, cannot avoid being drawn in--especially when a chance encounter aboard her submarine proves that the most dangerous opponent she must face is not the man who seeks to capture her, but the man within her own body"--Provided by publisher.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Fantasy. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Fantasy

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Dark tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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At a glance

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ToneDark
LuminousDark

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Spoiler-Free Emotional Arc

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TattooKirsten Imani Kasai
Powerful5/5

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA standard-length read363 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2011
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Fantasy
ISBN-13
978-0-3455-0882-9
Language
English
Edition record
OL25030506M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.