A review by willoreads
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

3.0

It’s a good story about fighting the patriarchy and exploring how oppression can be easily rooted into society. The diversity in characters is also fantastic however I think the plot is unoriginal and there are questions that were never properly answered.

There was a particular sci fi novel that my thoughts kept drifting to while I read this (I won’t mention the title to avoid spoilers) with a similar trope which I think did it better.

Overall I can see how people would love this book but for me I thought it was just ok. I would still recommend you read it to make up your own mind.