I liked the inclusion of all the traditions, it was interesting to learn about and Dadu was the only likeable character. Other than that, it was awful. The dialogue was atrocious, it was too saccharine, and so many inaccuracies. I'm not a fan of holiday Hallmark movies, so I guess that goes for books as well.

I did not enjoy this. I read it to get my sparkly badge for the read a long and if not for that it probably would have been a DNF.

The writing is good, don’t get me wrong, the style of the prose is purposeful. I just didn’t enjoy reading it.

There honestly isn’t much plot. You don’t really get to know many characters beyond very surface level. There are details around processing and more that feel gratuitous and purely for shock and horror without adding anything.

There are definitely themes that can get conversations started around the role of capitalism, propaganda, and human rights which is why it gets a higher rating.

I will probably have nightmares now.