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milointhewoods 's review for:
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
by Natasha Pulley
Well, it's very sad, or at least I found it that way. I would have liked it if there was a female character that wasn't really cruel. Maybe I've taken the wrong lesson from this book, but it just seemed very melancholy.
Maybe that's because of the state I'm in right now though.
Grace, as a character, infuriated me, and not in an entertaining way. She suffers from chronic not-like-other-girls syndrome, is derisive towards suffragettes, participates in unchallenged racism and condemns a character for manipulating situations, only to turn around and do the exact same thing. All the worse, she acts violently and cruelly out of self interest whilst the character she is trying to combat tends to act out of love. She also reoccurringly has a tendency to be ignorant about the cruelty she is enacting upon the main character.
To top it off, this all remains unchallenged at the end and in the final chapter she continues to view herself as a jilted, well intentioned lady. For a book that clearly tries to give closure and not leave an open ending, this wasn't enough closure for me as her character had absolutely no growth.
I hadn't realised that this poor character arc for the only female character of consequence had upset me this much, but because of this I'm rating this book 3 stars, not 4.
I did really like the clockwork and steampunk elements and I thought the author writes really good descriptions.
Maybe that's because of the state I'm in right now though.
Grace, as a character, infuriated me, and not in an entertaining way. She suffers from chronic not-like-other-girls syndrome, is derisive towards suffragettes, participates in unchallenged racism and condemns a character for manipulating situations, only to turn around and do the exact same thing. All the worse, she acts violently and cruelly out of self interest whilst the character she is trying to combat tends to act out of love. She also reoccurringly has a tendency to be ignorant about the cruelty she is enacting upon the main character.
To top it off, this all remains unchallenged at the end and in the final chapter she continues to view herself as a jilted, well intentioned lady. For a book that clearly tries to give closure and not leave an open ending, this wasn't enough closure for me as her character had absolutely no growth.
I hadn't realised that this poor character arc for the only female character of consequence had upset me this much, but because of this I'm rating this book 3 stars, not 4.
I did really like the clockwork and steampunk elements and I thought the author writes really good descriptions.