Iron Widow

Iron Widow

2021 • 394 pages

Ratings242

Average rating4

15

I read it because I saw the author on tiktok talk about introducing polyamoury. I'm not poly myself but I think it's really cool for it to be accepted as legitimate. I thought this was so fun and I loved the world she built. You do have to accept the world as it is rather than think too much into it. It's a different universe, so things don't make sense the way they would in our universe. I also don't agree with other critical reviews about the violent nature of the protagonist. Thoughtout history, violence has been necessary to enact change and while I hope we can rise above that in the modern age, this is fantasy/sci-fi about a world in dire need of change. The violence suits it. I think it would have seem fake if the protagonist managed to play nice with her oppressors.

August 9, 2022