A review by jayisreading
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

3.0

I really do commend authors who take a stab at writing novellas because I think there’s a particular challenge in finding the right balance of plot and worldbuilding that won’t leave the reader unsatisfied. In my case, Upright Women Wanted left a lot to be desired because there wasn’t a good balance. I could tell that Gailey had a plot in mind, which, yes, it happened for the most part, but it wasn’t particularly compelling. Their worldbuilding was interesting, but this also suffered a bit because there were a lot of things left unexplained that I would have loved to learn more about, particularly the Librarians. In other words, the worldbuilding introduced some great concepts, but they weren’t as developed as they could have been.

That said, it was an engaging enough read that I got through the book pretty quickly (though it helps that the book is pretty fast-paced). I was just expecting more from it.
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