A review by barbaragorgon
The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah

2.0

There's a real lack of cultural/racial diversity in dystopian fiction, so this was a breath of fresh air in that regard, but there's no getting around the fact that the writing is just awful. I officially never want to hear the word "husky" again. Every description of an emotion or facial expression is ridiculously overwrought, and action sequences are flat and completely devoid of tension. Plus (and this is not the author's fault), the actual layout of the text is absurd. There's like and eighth of an inch margin on all sides, at least in the first edition hardcover. I felt like I was looking at a wall of text each time I turned the page, and it made the reading experience exhausting.