A review by futurememory
The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian

2.0

Ah, I really wanted to like this more than I did. The plotting was all over the place and none of the characters were fully realized. There's a tremendous amount of info-dumping here, too much telling and not enough showing. And the romance... there was a creepy undertone to it that I just couldn't shake and reconcile within myself.

I did appreciate that the narrative took a couple of twists that I didn't anticipate, but there's nothing of substance by the end. It felt like a pale version of Brave New World.