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A review by amiascah
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Does this book have multiple diverse characters? yes. Does it have heist, 'Six of Crows', found family, history, puzzles, Dan Brown, mystery vibes? also ye. Does it deliver? Not to me it seems.
'The Gilded Wolves' is Roshani Chokshi's first book of the series of the same name. It takes place in the late 1800's in France, though none of the main characters are truly French, we have biracial, Indian, Russian, Spanish, we have all the diversity one can want, Unfortunately listening to the audiobook it still took me 15-20% to figure out who was who. The magic system felt very steam punk less mystical. This was one of those group books that I only really had interest in one or two characters and the rest was annoyingly in the way. I really did not like Severin, he got the most time spent on him and I guess he was the most central character but I could have done without him. The intrigue was so convoluted at the beginning, what with the disjointed too much info dump and constant changing of narrators who had very different voices for some characters that by the time I understood what they were after I didn't care. I had checked out and maybe if I had been able to get back on track and my head back in it I may have enjoyed it.
'The Gilded Wolves' is Roshani Chokshi's first book of the series of the same name. It takes place in the late 1800's in France, though none of the main characters are truly French, we have biracial, Indian, Russian, Spanish, we have all the diversity one can want, Unfortunately listening to the audiobook it still took me 15-20% to figure out who was who. The magic system felt very steam punk less mystical. This was one of those group books that I only really had interest in one or two characters and the rest was annoyingly in the way. I really did not like Severin, he got the most time spent on him and I guess he was the most central character but I could have done without him. The intrigue was so convoluted at the beginning, what with the disjointed too much info dump and constant changing of narrators who had very different voices for some characters that by the time I understood what they were after I didn't care. I had checked out and maybe if I had been able to get back on track and my head back in it I may have enjoyed it.