lesley 's review for:

The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

2.0

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A different ya experience than I'm used to I did enjoy the concept of the book, the historical inspirations and the social issues addressed, such as human trafficking. But the execution was lacking. 3 likable yet still vague characters had almost similar voices. The two sisters were sometimes so indistinguishable that I forgot whose segment I was reading. Also it was just too long, with minor happenings being shown from multiple points of view got tiring. It also would have been nice to have more cultural substance beyond the place names, character names and endless references to dragons. But for it's length which would deter most last minute school report kids, I would recommend this to students as a possible realistic fiction option.