skye reviewed Iron cast by Destiny Soria
Review of 'Iron cast' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
An intriguing story taking place in 1919, based on the concept: What would happen if there were people with magical abilities, but it was considered an illness?
The first third or so of the book I wasn't sure if this was maybe just a super chaotic story going nowhere but then it really picked up the pace and for the last quarter I was pretty much constantly crying.
The writing is captivating, although sometimes the narration conducts interesting revelations in a less interesting way. But once the plot is firmly established, it's like the story unravels on its own, taking surprising turns and dragging the reader through a roller-coaster of emotions.
The main relationship of the story is a friendship between 2 young women, one Black and one white.
As it is set in the US in 1919, the era's racism gets brushed from the Black character's view a few …
An intriguing story taking place in 1919, based on the concept: What would happen if there were people with magical abilities, but it was considered an illness?
The first third or so of the book I wasn't sure if this was maybe just a super chaotic story going nowhere but then it really picked up the pace and for the last quarter I was pretty much constantly crying.
The writing is captivating, although sometimes the narration conducts interesting revelations in a less interesting way. But once the plot is firmly established, it's like the story unravels on its own, taking surprising turns and dragging the reader through a roller-coaster of emotions.
The main relationship of the story is a friendship between 2 young women, one Black and one white.
As it is set in the US in 1919, the era's racism gets brushed from the Black character's view a few times, but it is not a major plot point.
There are gay side characters.
Content warnings for torture, medical torture, police violence, death, murder and casual ableist language.
