A review by yulie
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

1.0

Unfortunately comes up lacking and shallow in every way and reads as more of a wish fulfilment piece of fan fiction rather than any well-written story surrounding feminism or cool robots. There are other reviews that go into depth a lot better than me, but the character development is so bland and so much is outright stated rather than shown. Nothing happens organically, the world-building is barebones and not even really serviceable, and the writing is simplistic and (again) reads like fan-fiction. I was exasperated by the writing and the main character by the end.