A review by unboxedjack
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I admittedly was not in a good mental space reading this so it took me a while, but I enjoyed the plot for the most part. Tchaikovsky did an excellent job continuing the world building and characterization he did well on with the first book of the series, but he seems to suffer from padding, which makes the pacing a bit off-kilter; that's the primary reason I rated this a 3.5/5 instead of 4/5. Granted, my own attention span could have been the biggest part to blame in that, but I hold firm that this book probably could have been at least 50 pages shorter. Enjoyable, nonetheless.