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A review by jpcapili
Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia
1.0
Summary: Heart Of Iron is a story about a Russian girl who traveled across the continent to seek an alliance against an emerging empire.
Good: book's only strength is in the narrator's voice; nice book cover art
Bad: too much ideas but little exploration; Florence Nightingale isn't threatening enough
The book presents so many ideas: politics, religions, races, genders, historical events, that they become too cumbersome for me, and yet still come up short. I also wish it has more sci-fi to it since the book is being pegged as a steampunk novel. I dislike that Florence Nightingale (antagonist) does not do anything evil. She is imposing and intimidating but not enough evilness in her to make me actually hate her. There's also little character development for the two heartthrobs in the story. A fail attempt by the author in romance department. However, I do appreciate Sasha (the protagonist) and her auntie for their perspective on life, their resourcefulness, empowerment, independence and judge of character. Girl Power!
Good: book's only strength is in the narrator's voice; nice book cover art
Bad: too much ideas but little exploration; Florence Nightingale isn't threatening enough
The book presents so many ideas: politics, religions, races, genders, historical events, that they become too cumbersome for me, and yet still come up short. I also wish it has more sci-fi to it since the book is being pegged as a steampunk novel. I dislike that Florence Nightingale (antagonist) does not do anything evil. She is imposing and intimidating but not enough evilness in her to make me actually hate her. There's also little character development for the two heartthrobs in the story. A fail attempt by the author in romance department. However, I do appreciate Sasha (the protagonist) and her auntie for their perspective on life, their resourcefulness, empowerment, independence and judge of character. Girl Power!