A review by claben
The Weight of Chains by Lesley Conner

2.0

I was excited to read this, and the premise - besides being a classic case of true horror - was set up well, with an appealing main character and the seeds of some fascinating themes about duty, complicity, and freedom in a highly stratified society. Unfortunately the pacing was clunky and repetitive. As a result the latter half of the book fell apart, with characters developed at length being (in some cases literally) tossed aside in favor of an ending that was neither conclusive nor meaningfully ambiguous, but just sort of... there, as a set piece.