Reviews

La Cité de Laiton by S.A. Chakraborty

anniedreitzler's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

jamiejames's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense

3.5

yerkillinmesmalls's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

_lotte__'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is even paced, I would say. It's not slow or boring but there aren't very surprising plots, twists or turns. At least in my opinion. This book is very much focused on politics. 

But I loved the worldbuilding and the characters so much and it was worth taking my time to read and enjoy this story. I'm excited to continue this series.

carlyghee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

mikaiu's review against another edition

3.0

the last several chapters are carrying these 3 stars on their own because the rest of this book was incredibly slow. the first 50% was essentially storytime world-building in the desert and as enthralled as i was by the world this was set in, there came a point where i was like, "when are they getting to that damn city?"

i also couldn't buy into the insta-lovey romance and i found myself thinking that two of the other minor characters had a lot more chemistry than whatever was going on between nahri and dara (and i was right, thank you very much).

pacing and romance aside, i loved how rich the lore and politics were. I've heard that the next two books are a lot better so i'm holding out hope because the ending was really good.

lavonners's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sofiireads's review against another edition

3.5

pretty much introductory but the ending oh my god

bluebleeder2001's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

dogsniff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0