A review by tinkerer
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.5

Too slow-paced for me, and I didn’t feel like I was in any character’s head or heart. I could think it but not feel it; this might have something to do with the audio book version that I was using, which made the (superfluous, to me) adjectives stand out when describing characters. I might pick this up in paper form to try to finish. I want to persevere as it’s a series, and I have encountered series where the first book is not the best…