Wow, what an ending. What a latter half to this book. The amount of time I had to choke back tears in those last 40% of the book, is incredible. I would give this part an easy 5/5.

Those 40% are what saved this book however as the other part of this book didn't hit or affect me. This part of the book suffers from what Hadrian himself calls "the luxury of foresight". All the trials and tribulations that Hadrian is put through through the first 60% of this book fall flat because we already know Hadrian survives all of them. And seeing a man put through so much horrible shit with no stakes made it quite a boring and exhausting read.