A review by joelminor
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This was unfortunately one of the more poorly written books I’ve read in a long time. The characters are unrealistic, the plot is predictable though very hard to follow, and the writing felt amateurish. The world building was way too detailed to easily follow but also very “level 1” (the idea that each kingdom had universal personality traits that the author had to tell rather than show, for example. The audiobook narrator made the writing worse, not better. Her intense emphasis on certain words underscored the stilted dialogue, I was constantly struggling to figure out what was dialogue and what was monologue, and I kept having to adjust the volume because of the intense fluctuations in her voice.

I had high hopes for this book because I am a connosieur of fantasy books with non-Western settings and bases for their magic systems but this one was a definite disappointment.