The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty is the second book in the Daevabad Trilogy.
Completed: 1/25/2021
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
The first book of the trilogy did a good job of moving from the "normal" world to the supernatural world. This transition was facilitated by a physical trip that performed this function. This book, however, was almost exclusively spent in the supernatural, but did not continue the sensation of a journey. As time had jumped five years between the books, so too was the reader instantly re-immersed in the supernatural with all of its unfamiliar terms. Additionally, as in the previous book, clothing was frequently described using the Persian word for that particular type of dress. This was mildly disorienting as it required pausing and searching out what type of clothing was being described. This is both enriching and halting--it disrupts the flow of the story while dishing out detail on items of clothing that rarely have any effect on the story. This book also seems a shadow of the history of Dara and his attack which led to his nickname, "The Scourge."
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