A review by samantha_joy
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book has a super interesting premise and some really cool elements, but unfortunately everything in it moves entirely too fast to process anything that happens.  The book moves so fast that something else is already happening by the time you process a plot point from before.  The characters aren’t developed enough to learn anything compelling about them and it’s hard to really feel attached because we don’t get a chance to really learn much about them and why they do the things that they do.  The book could have and maybe should have been a trilogy so that readers have the chance to really understand this world and what’s happening in it.   
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