A review by moot
The Root by Na'amen Gobert Tilahun

adventurous emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

4.5

Good Stuff: the crazy angel shapes, the language/words as weapons, gay people, San Fransisco/Oakland setting, the politics of the "Underworld" where humans are second class citizens

There were far, far too many characters. I had my favorites but I never got a chance to really invest in any one of them because we didn't spend hardly any time with them. The two worlds also never crossed over like I wanted them to; I almost feel this book would have been better being split up into two books ( I don't see how crossing between them made either of them better) The structure was also very similar to Cassandra Clare's City of Bones.