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A review by eagun
Ironskin by Tina Connolly
5.0
I am sooo happy that this book is coming out soon, so that I can make all my friends read it! Tina snuck a preview my way, and I have been aching to tell people how much I enjoyed it ever since.
I love character driven stories, and this is one of my favorites in a long time. They are so subtle and so nuanced that we as readers can't just assume that we know these characters. I really liked one particular character, I wanted to trust this person and believe them, but I knew that there was something hidden about them that made me cautious. There was another character who I didn't connect to at first, but then they said something that made me doubt my initial reaction. The characters evolve not just because we learn about them and their backstories slowly throughout the book, but also because they change and grow organically throught the story. They are so rich and so real that it makes a very rewarding read.
The plot is also well constructed, so that all of the pieces are revealed very naturally as our heroine moves through the story, and things that we learn early on become important in surprising ways later. Many scenes seem to do double duty as exposition and as important plot points, which makes for a very tight story. Not much is incidental information, but the story is told in such a way that I was still surprised at the way it unfolded in the end, surprised and satisfied.
I love character driven stories, and this is one of my favorites in a long time. They are so subtle and so nuanced that we as readers can't just assume that we know these characters. I really liked one particular character, I wanted to trust this person and believe them, but I knew that there was something hidden about them that made me cautious. There was another character who I didn't connect to at first, but then they said something that made me doubt my initial reaction. The characters evolve not just because we learn about them and their backstories slowly throughout the book, but also because they change and grow organically throught the story. They are so rich and so real that it makes a very rewarding read.
The plot is also well constructed, so that all of the pieces are revealed very naturally as our heroine moves through the story, and things that we learn early on become important in surprising ways later. Many scenes seem to do double duty as exposition and as important plot points, which makes for a very tight story. Not much is incidental information, but the story is told in such a way that I was still surprised at the way it unfolded in the end, surprised and satisfied.