Laura Lam and Elizabeth May's Seven Devils
I’d seen a couple of sci fi fans raving about this book, and I’m here for action packed feminist sci-fi, so picked this up. And parts of it were really fun, but a lot of it dragged. It just had too much going on and didn’t come together. Part of the problem is that there are five POV characters who all have present day stories AND flashbacks, and some of them are more effective than others. But also like, there are diminishing returns for the number of heists in a single book. It just kind of feels like it’s spinning its wheels. Also, this is the first of a duology, so the end isn’t really satisfying. A lot of this is very grim (like genocide grim) and I don’t think I’m going to bother with the second one. B/B-.
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