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A review by shhchar
City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster
3.0
City of a Thousand Dolls was a fantastical tale of one girl trying to just get through life. Nisha has no ulterior motives; she's simply thrown into the plot against her will. The world building in this book was extremely interesting, I only hope for further elaboration.
I didn't realize until I was about halfway through that this book has received many negative reviews. While I can see where some reviewers are coming from, I think it is mostly undeserved. While CoaTD was not perfect, it was entertaining, exciting, and very unique.
The flaws of it were that the 'mystery' was extremely guessable. I'm not great at figuring things out, but I had the perpetrators and motives identified by the time the plot was wrapped up. The romance was very weak, but I simply didn't care because I was not invested in it at all.
The book wraps up very beautifully, but the fact that some things seemed to be deliberately not mentioned makes me wonder if there will be a sequel. I'm aware there's a prequel that is out now, which I will read soon. I recommend this book if you're looking for an easy fantasy read.
I didn't realize until I was about halfway through that this book has received many negative reviews. While I can see where some reviewers are coming from, I think it is mostly undeserved. While CoaTD was not perfect, it was entertaining, exciting, and very unique.
The flaws of it were that the 'mystery' was extremely guessable. I'm not great at figuring things out, but I had the perpetrators and motives identified by the time the plot was wrapped up. The romance was very weak, but I simply didn't care because I was not invested in it at all.
The book wraps up very beautifully, but the fact that some things seemed to be deliberately not mentioned makes me wonder if there will be a sequel.