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A review by mjoyced
Updraft by Fran Wilde
2.0
At about 80%, the plot got really slow and I didn't think I would finish the book, but I just skimmed the last 20% and got the gist of the ending.
The world of Updraft is absolutely fascinating. It's made up of bones that grow from the earth that people live in like towers of a city. The city is regulated by a sort of warrior monkhood who live in the biggest, central bone tower, aptly named the Spire. Wilde also integrates the language of flying, weather, etc. into the common speech of the city, though I wish there was more of it.
Beyond the cool world, it's a pretty standard story of an angsty teen girl who is pulled away from her loving/lying family by accident and must fight to introduce change/truth into society. I really couldn't get into her character or story.
One more positive: Although the novel has the standard YA problem of not describing anyone's appearance, because of the descriptions of everyone's hair, I imagined them all as Black, which is a nice change from the standard white YA heroines.
The world of Updraft is absolutely fascinating. It's made up of bones that grow from the earth that people live in like towers of a city. The city is regulated by a sort of warrior monkhood who live in the biggest, central bone tower, aptly named the Spire. Wilde also integrates the language of flying, weather, etc. into the common speech of the city, though I wish there was more of it.
Beyond the cool world, it's a pretty standard story of an angsty teen girl who is pulled away from her loving/lying family by accident and must fight to introduce change/truth into society. I really couldn't get into her character or story.
One more positive: Although the novel has the standard YA problem of not describing anyone's appearance, because of the descriptions of everyone's hair, I imagined them all as Black, which is a nice change from the standard white YA heroines.