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I'm going to start Beyond the Wall later today. I don't know much about it other than its set in the Roman Empire and follows a slave called Cassia. But I'm looking forward to finding out more 😊

Tanya Landman's latest YA historical novel revisits the themes of slavery, prejudice and oppression that are common in many of her books to powerful effect but the story here didn't grip me as much as in her other novels, in part because of the change in character perspective half way through, which created distance, but also because the plot just didn't catch fire for me - certainly not enough to believe it could inspire a wider revolution.