I seem to be one of the few people who honestly did not know much about Katabasis or R.F. Kuang before I chose this for September's book club pick. As her most anticipated read of 2025, CY could barely contain her excitement in the run-up to its launch in August. So of course she attended the Waterstones book launch event, and the overwhelming response to the TikTok video she posted got me swept up in the online hype. Katabasis is a dark academia about Alice Law, a Phd studen