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

3.0

entertaining read with an incredibly great premise. this book's strength is definitely its worldbuilding and the ambience it sets. The writing can be exquisite and the action scenes deliver, but I did have issues with the pacing and how quickly and easily high stake situations would be resolved. A lot of times I feel like the author could have expanded a lot more on concepts that were brushed out but not explored as in depth as it should have; prime example being the underwater marathon which on its own should have had way more spotlight. Think the author should have rushed less to the ending and taken more time to /tell/ the story. The romance too was...incredibly stereotypical and felt extremely underdeveloped.
Still this was a fun read and I'm looking forward to the second book.