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lucybbookstuff 's review for:
The City of Brass
by S.A. Chakraborty
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book had a LOT of info dumping (and somehow also a frustrating amount of withheld information). And interesting things happening off page just to be summarized in a few sentences. And very confusing plot twists. And the FMC constantly being stripped of her agency and only making half-assed attempts to claim any of it back. And an utterly nonsensical and inappropriate semi-romance...
BUT despite all of those things, I am invested!! I loooove this world, it's so vibrant and fun and dangerous and magical, and completely steeped in Arab history and culture and folklore. So refreshingly different from most mainstream fantasy. I was immediately taken in by it. I also really like our main characters! Despite some of their more frustrating proclivities. 🙄 And the lack of meaningful development in this book. I really look forward to seeing where they go from here.
I'm willing to chalk my storytelling gripes up to first book growing pains. I definitely sense that it's 100% a setup book, and I'm very interested to see what it set up. 👀
BUT despite all of those things, I am invested!! I loooove this world, it's so vibrant and fun and dangerous and magical, and completely steeped in Arab history and culture and folklore. So refreshingly different from most mainstream fantasy. I was immediately taken in by it. I also really like our main characters! Despite some of their more frustrating proclivities. 🙄 And the lack of meaningful development in this book. I really look forward to seeing where they go from here.
I'm willing to chalk my storytelling gripes up to first book growing pains. I definitely sense that it's 100% a setup book, and I'm very interested to see what it set up. 👀