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Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

130 reviews

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think this book is more up the alley of political science students than fans of big fighting robots. Kind of disappointing after how good Iron Widow was. I finished IW in like 2 days because it was great, full of action and fast paced. Heavenly Tyrant was much slower paced comparatively and the action was very spaced out between long bits about government and politics. I thought the relationships between the characters were interesting, but the pacing just threw me off too much; I guess I’m just not a fan of slow plots. The ending was quite exciting and hopefully a third book will find a good middle ground between the action and slower paced political strategies. Looking forward to the next one.

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pipsipepsi's review against another edition

3.5

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wasn’t the best sequel to iron widow, which I absolutely loved, bit dull on its own but still a good read and a brilliant set up for the next book, very excited to continue the series!

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kukazashi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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that_brish's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m adding this to my list of sequels that did not go where I expected. I thought this was going to be a duology and it very much was not. Sometimes it read like a socialism 101 diatribe. And then the world building got MASSIVELY out of hand. Was I glued to my seat? Yea. Did I have a good time? Ummm

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sallybugg's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was excited to read this book because the first was such an interesting concept. But this book hits you over the head continuously with its political views. I don't mind a strong political message but this took it to another level where the story takes a back seat to propaganda style writing. I feel like it also limits some character development. The last five hours of the book are the most interesting and for a 21 hour book that kinda sucks. I wanted more of the sci Fi and fantasy and less of the restructuring government. Also the main character is still insufferable and seems to grow some only to then throw herself backwards. P.s. once my partner talked about some similarities to Pacific Rim I couldn't see past that either. Overall I will read the third one, but I hope it's more story driven.

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