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A review by taishacv
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
3.0
This book is about a tailor’s daughter who basically takes his place to become the emperor’s tailor, but because women aren’t really allowed to pursue careers/dreams she has to pose as a man. There is magic, romance, suspense, among other elements involved in the story.
It took a while for me to actually feel any sort of connection to this book/storyline. The concept was really interesting and the world building was done well. It just felt very slow at times and kind of made it hard to get through. I think my biggest caveat was any instance where the main character, Maia, was giving “pick me girl” in the sense of “woe is me my life is hard” kind of vibes. Whenever Maia was complaining about her family/the struggles she faced it honestly just kind of made me roll my eyes. Not to say that her feelings weren’t valid per se but more along the lines of “okay we get it.”
I really like the world that Lim has built within the story, I just wish that she would have more trust in her readers to have reading comprehension skills. I felt a lot of the time I was being smacked in the face with “hey, this is what that means and why it’s important.” I completely appreciate and value the unique story that Lim has written here, I just wish there was a bit more mystery to it all.
It took a while for me to actually feel any sort of connection to this book/storyline. The concept was really interesting and the world building was done well. It just felt very slow at times and kind of made it hard to get through. I think my biggest caveat was any instance where the main character, Maia, was giving “pick me girl” in the sense of “woe is me my life is hard” kind of vibes. Whenever Maia was complaining about her family/the struggles she faced it honestly just kind of made me roll my eyes. Not to say that her feelings weren’t valid per se but more along the lines of “okay we get it.”
I really like the world that Lim has built within the story, I just wish that she would have more trust in her readers to have reading comprehension skills. I felt a lot of the time I was being smacked in the face with “hey, this is what that means and why it’s important.” I completely appreciate and value the unique story that Lim has written here, I just wish there was a bit more mystery to it all.