A review by kelleyarena
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.

Katabasis was one of the new releases I was most looking forward to this year and was beyond excited to get an advanced copy. 

This book just didn’t work for me. There wasn’t enough character development for me to really care for the characters or to understand why they were doing what they were doing. It immediately jumped into the plot and I think if the book had eased the reader in, I would have felt more invested. I also felt like the writing was more YA than I am used to with this author. 

I think if you are interested in some of the philosophy and religious takes in hell, this book would be a lot more interesting, I was not so I felt pretty bored the entire time. 

I DNFed at 40%. I really gave it a shot but I just couldn’t force myself to read anymore.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the arc