A review by ra_schmi
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

2.0

I would have given this book five stars if it had ended about a quarter of the way before the kids grew up to be 15. After that, it seemed to go rapidly downhill with lots of unexpected surprises and no resolution of plot points from earlier in the book. The author writes beautifully but it does not make up for the hackneyed nonsensical plot. The characters in the first part of the book were compelling but I stopped caring about anyone introduced after Year 15 because I didn't get anything to care about. It's a shame because the author is obviously very talented and good at world-building, and this could have been an amazing compelling book! Did she just have a terrible editor who never pointed out any of these weaknesses?