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A review by sphynxreads
Stolen City by Elisa A. Bonnin
adventurous
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I received an eARC of this book from the author via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is definitely very different from Bonnin's debut, Dauntless, and not quite to my taste. While I appreciated the worldbuilding and themes explored in this story, I felt it lacking the emotion and heart that Dauntless did. For me it was at least because I didn't find myself attached to the characters and I felt we weren't given ample time to really latch onto one. That said, I do think a strong point for this book is the character relationships, which seems to be Bonnin's strongest suit. Pacing-wise, found both the very beginning and the very end to be quite engaging, but the entire middle dragged quite a bit for me. If you like your heist stories to spend a lot of time in the planning phase, you might like this book.
A part of me feels I read this book at the wrong time, so I'm definitely rereading this to see how I feel when it is released.
This book is definitely very different from Bonnin's debut, Dauntless, and not quite to my taste. While I appreciated the worldbuilding and themes explored in this story, I felt it lacking the emotion and heart that Dauntless did. For me it was at least because I didn't find myself attached to the characters and I felt we weren't given ample time to really latch onto one. That said, I do think a strong point for this book is the character relationships, which seems to be Bonnin's strongest suit. Pacing-wise, found both the very beginning and the very end to be quite engaging, but the entire middle dragged quite a bit for me. If you like your heist stories to spend a lot of time in the planning phase, you might like this book.
A part of me feels I read this book at the wrong time, so I'm definitely rereading this to see how I feel when it is released.