A review by vaniavela
Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor

challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This was a very heavy read. Throughout it, I didn't feel a connection to the characters, maybe because of how complicated their names were to remember, or simply because there wasn't something that hooked me to them. The plot was very interesting, and I was eager to know this world, but the truth is that I was about 20% into the book and I still didn't understand/enjoy many aspects of it. There were a lot of elements, and perhaps that was one of the mistakes; so much was attempted to be covered that nothing ever came to fruition, and so it all feels half-baked. Hopefully I can pick up this read again in the future, but for now it strikes me as a book with great potential that wasn't fully tapped.
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