A review by jgberokoff
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous 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? No

3.25

I have very complicated feelings about this book. On one hand I enjoyed it, it was a quick and easy read which was nice after reading some intensive high fantasy. But that’s where the issues start to come in. The concept and ideas here are really interesting but they get lost in immature and flowery writing. There is no subtlety to the themes of the story (aka government bad and support women’s wrongs). 

Will I read the sequel? Yeah but I definitely will not be pre ordering and will get it second hand.
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