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perfectcupoftea 's review for:
Heavenly Tyrant
by Xiran Jay Zhao
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think this book is more up the alley of political science students than fans of big fighting robots. Kind of disappointing after how good Iron Widow was. I finished IW in like 2 days because it was great, full of action and fast paced. Heavenly Tyrant was much slower paced comparatively and the action was very spaced out between long bits about government and politics. I thought the relationships between the characters were interesting, but the pacing just threw me off too much; I guess I’m just not a fan of slow plots. The ending was quite exciting and hopefully a third book will find a good middle ground between the action and slower paced political strategies. Looking forward to the next one.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol