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>What are some books that feature a pyrrhic victory?
>I want to read a few that end in a semi-victory but at great cost.
Fine, here are some —

>No spoilers please
How can we possibly tell you that Book X ends in a pyrrhic victory without (to some extent) spoiling it? Oh well, whatever. See pic attached. Your basic ambitious humble-origins protagonist doing whatever it takes . . .

Eva drew my head on to her breast. ‘Poor darling, you mustn’t take on so. You don’t see it now, but it was all for the best. She’d have ruined your whole life. Nobody blames you, love. Nobody blames you.’

I pulled myself away from her abruptly. ‘Oh my God,’ I said, ‘that’s the trouble.’