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A review by a_chickletz
The Descent of the Drowned by Ana Lal Din
2.0
I was very, very excited to see this book being offered as a 'to-read now' on NetGalley. I was looking for something similar to Empire of Sand or City of Brass. Both of these were A+ with their story-telling for being debut novels at the time.
Unfortunately, what I got from this book was interesting characters. That was it.
The world building, the plot, the magic. What the story relied on to make it work and to make me invested? It was messy. The book started picking up in the last couple chapters but still, the ending confused me.
Also, for a book that featured a lot of abuse to women - rape, torture - you would hope that the writing would support and or make sense of it all. But with poor plot and world building, it just comes across as lot of women being abused.
Finding the last chapter how the author wrote this as a way of bringing to light the issues currently in society made me sad that the story came out the way it did. :/
Unfortunately, what I got from this book was interesting characters. That was it.
The world building, the plot, the magic. What the story relied on to make it work and to make me invested? It was messy. The book started picking up in the last couple chapters but still, the ending confused me.
Also, for a book that featured a lot of abuse to women - rape, torture - you would hope that the writing would support and or make sense of it all. But with poor plot and world building, it just comes across as lot of women being abused.
Finding the last chapter how the author wrote this as a way of bringing to light the issues currently in society made me sad that the story came out the way it did. :/