Audrie Reads’s Reviews > The City of Factories > Status Update

Chapter 4 thoughts: The resistance is just as cold as the oppressive empire ran by the Queen Mother, and I wonder if, like we see in the finale of hunger games, that they are both corrupt. One for their unrelenting need for power, the other for their need to eliminate the regime at any cost.

Also, it stood out to me that people have not seen the queen mother….

Interested to find out who Zaza is and also what direction the story will take after this most recent conflict. Alabi is looking for his father in the city, but he’s been there for weeks with no leads, will the death he just witnessed shift his goals away from finding his father?

Love the introduction of magic (interested to see how large of a part it plays in Alabi reaching his father), and also that navigating the city is a complex maze both physically and socially. There is a clear bad guy, but there is not a clear good guy. The city has turned morality and goodness into all shades of grey.

Chapter 1:
The opening chapter sets the tone as dark but with hope.

There is clear direction for the story established, which I like.

Man vs Machine.

Outstanding descriptions used to convey emotional weight.

Would like stronger setting description.