Title: Argh. Emotional overload.
Product review: OK, so I got to about 3/4 of the way through the book, and then I just couldn't take it anymore. The plot and setting of the story is pretty interesting, don't get me wrong, but the execution is quite terrible. I found it all very melodramatic and "oh-woe-is-me" through and through. The two main characters, in fact, were very unappealing and wrought with emotional stress that seemed too dramatic to be taken realistically. I don't know. I read Ms. Liu's other book, The Iron Hunt, and liked it quite a bit, and had expected more from this previous series. But, argh, the melodrama just bared on my nerves, until I had to put it down in fear of ripping out my hair or flinging the book out the window at some innocent passersby.
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