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saucy_bookdragon's review
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The City Inside is intensely focused on world building. Set in a near futuristic (next like 10-20 years) India struggling with fascism, climate change, and pandemics, so people escape through the internet (or "Flow") and virtual reality. It's realistic terrifying world building and the perspectives it was shown from were interesting as Joey and Rudra are by all means normal people. However, the book is heavy on exposition, the prose mainly long paragraphs explaining the world that made it a slog to get through and difficult to connect to the characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Gaslighting, and Misogyny
Moderate: Classism, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sarah984's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was a really interesting story with an all too plausible dystopia and a great sense of place. Unfortunately I don't think the dual POV worked (the guy character was boring and considering what happened with him I think his parts could have been communicated through Joey) and I didn't really like the way the "sex scandal" (if you can call it that) plotline was handled.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Xenophobia, and Trafficking
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