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The City of Brass
by S.A. Chakraborty
I am so disappointed about how this book turned out for me... and I have a lot of thoughts.
First of all, this book was way too long in my opinion. The plot moved way too slowly to the point where it felt like nothing was really happening for most of the book. I was intrigued at the start of the novel by Nahri's story and the start of her journey, but that quickly faded. For the first 50% of the book, her chapters basically just consisted of her traveling to Daevabad and while they did have to fight several creatures along the way, it kind of felt like filler content until they reached the city. Then once they finally reached Daevabad I thought things would pick up but they really didn't until the very end.
I liked Ali's perspective way more than Nahri's and I found it a lot more intriguing. I liked the politics, learning about the dynamics among his siblings and other people close to their family, his whole thing with the Tanzeem, and overall I just thought his personality was way more likable and interesting than Nahri. In fact, Ali was the only character I really cared about in the story which brings me to the next point in my review.
Ali was honestly the only character I was attached to. I didn't care about Nahri at all and I agree with another review I read saying that Nahri was pretty overshadowed by the other characters around her. Ali's whole storyline was way more interesting than Nahri's and because of that, I didn't feel invested in anything she was trying to accomplish. The only time I liked her character was when she was interacting with Ali. Then there was Dara. I liked him in the beginning but by the end of the book, I didn't care about him at all. He was just really annoying most of the time. And in my opinion, he and Nahri had no chemistry. I couldn't picture a romantic relationship between them at all and I think Nahri had way more chemistry with Ali than she ever had with Dara which I hope means she will end up with Ali in future books.
The world was also pretty confusing to me and I found myself struggling to remember the details of the war and all the different tribe names and language names. Even by the end of the book I still didn't feel like I fully understood the different names for everything.
Overall, this book was highly disappointing for me and I honestly don't know if I will be continuing with the series. I own the second book so I might try but I honestly don't know if I can make it through 600 more pages. The only reason why I would continue is to see what happened with Ali and if he and Nahri end up together but I don't know if that's enough reason to read two more massive books.
First of all, this book was way too long in my opinion. The plot moved way too slowly to the point where it felt like nothing was really happening for most of the book. I was intrigued at the start of the novel by Nahri's story and the start of her journey, but that quickly faded. For the first 50% of the book, her chapters basically just consisted of her traveling to Daevabad and while they did have to fight several creatures along the way, it kind of felt like filler content until they reached the city. Then once they finally reached Daevabad I thought things would pick up but they really didn't until the very end.
I liked Ali's perspective way more than Nahri's and I found it a lot more intriguing. I liked the politics, learning about the dynamics among his siblings and other people close to their family, his whole thing with the Tanzeem, and overall I just thought his personality was way more likable and interesting than Nahri. In fact, Ali was the only character I really cared about in the story which brings me to the next point in my review.
Ali was honestly the only character I was attached to. I didn't care about Nahri at all and I agree with another review I read saying that Nahri was pretty overshadowed by the other characters around her. Ali's whole storyline was way more interesting than Nahri's and because of that, I didn't feel invested in anything she was trying to accomplish. The only time I liked her character was when she was interacting with Ali. Then there was Dara. I liked him in the beginning but by the end of the book, I didn't care about him at all. He was just really annoying most of the time. And in my opinion, he and Nahri had no chemistry. I couldn't picture a romantic relationship between them at all and I think Nahri had way more chemistry with Ali than she ever had with Dara which I hope means she will end up with Ali in future books.
The world was also pretty confusing to me and I found myself struggling to remember the details of the war and all the different tribe names and language names. Even by the end of the book I still didn't feel like I fully understood the different names for everything.
Overall, this book was highly disappointing for me and I honestly don't know if I will be continuing with the series. I own the second book so I might try but I honestly don't know if I can make it through 600 more pages. The only reason why I would continue is to see what happened with Ali and if he and Nahri end up together but I don't know if that's enough reason to read two more massive books.