Bailey Georgison’s Reviews > Katabasis > Status Update

Literally so bad. There was no stakes, no tension, nothing mattered. Almost everyone they met in hell was helpful or at minimum not an obstacle, the big bads DECIDE TO KILL THEMSELVES. the book disregards its own rules, the plot is ruined bc her method to get the prof out of hell DOESNT REQUIRE HER TO GO TO HELL IN THE FIRST PLACE. literally nothing happens in this book, and the writing is bad.

All of the conflict feels contrived, none of the choices or motivations of the main character make sense. I wish i could feel anything for her but shes so dumb and boring. i had no idea how little this book could make me feel. Peter may as well not even be there with how little he matters. Did Kuang forget to write characters? theyre so nothing

Disappointed so far. Characters feel flat and uninteresting, the writing isnt drawing me in as much as i would like, the foreshadowing is BADDDD, and hell itself is pretty bland and uncreative? Also, for being 1/5 of the way in, theres no tension. Like i do not care at all whats happening, it feels like everything is going to work out all the time. How do you not add tension in a book about going to hell