A review by housecatstewart
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

4.0

This wasn’t quite a 4-star book but it’s definitely better than a 3 so I’m going 4. There was so much in here that I wanted to love, but too much of it fell flat for me. I immensely appreciate the originality of these ideas, the themes, all the thoughts and concepts that are so far removed from my own reality - I just wish the structure and pacing had been different. We needed more Cyrus, less of literally every other character (all of whom felt like they were written in the same voice). But overall, I think Cyrus as a character will stick with me and that counts for a lot.