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A review by bahareads
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I alternated between audio book and e-book for this one.
Heavenly Tyrant is very different from Iron Widow. Iron Widow read more like sci-fi historical fiction while Heavenly Tyrant reads more like sci-fi with a dash of his-fic influence. It was good but so different from the first one.
For such a large book, not a lot happens in it. There are minor skirmishes here and there but the big battle... isn't even that much of a battle. The characters go through changes and internal battles, which were enjoyable. The world building was well done for me. Zetian remained true to her goal despite everything and THAT is what stuck out to me above all. I am interested to see where the next book goes - because I don't see how Zhao can wrap all of this up in just one more book.
Heavenly Tyrant is very different from Iron Widow. Iron Widow read more like sci-fi historical fiction while Heavenly Tyrant reads more like sci-fi with a dash of his-fic influence. It was good but so different from the first one.
For such a large book, not a lot happens in it. There are minor skirmishes here and there but the big battle... isn't even that much of a battle. The characters go through changes and internal battles, which were enjoyable. The world building was well done for me. Zetian remained true to her goal despite everything and THAT is what stuck out to me above all. I am interested to see where the next book goes - because I don't see how Zhao can wrap all of this up in just one more book.