A review by rgoswami
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

2.0

Solid 2. Perhaps I'm just not in the right mindset. I really tried very hard to like this book. The pacing was uneven though, with set pieces appearing for the benefit of the plot and with a single mindedness demanding more suspesion of belief than I could manage. The "plot twist" was painfully evident and so the reveal fell flat and most of the book felt stretched out without any reason. Additionally, the relentless gender highlights kind of detracted from the world building. I came away with little understanding of the characters except that they were relentlessly female (without any actual nuance therein, just the gender). Similarly, the book felt riddled with convinient powers and last minute healing just to get to the next big set piece. I can't imagine re-reading this again ever.