Meh. From a historical perspective, it was a fine read as it went into greaaaat detail about numerous cities and the societies within them. That’s where the interest ends. The main protagonist is billed as a young spitfire of a woman who fights for her independence in a world where women are chattel. In reality, she travels around from one gorgeous and opulent living to another - rejecting numerous proposals from lovely men whom she leads on along the way. Her “suffering” is exile in a CASTLE with a full staff of servants who dress her, prepare all her food, and tend to her every need. Her masterful writing career is just sharing her diary… which people only care about because of her hated father’s status. Her philanthropic efforts are the tremendous efforts she makes to actually visit children’s homes, where the decaying states are described in visceral and harsh detail, rather than send funds. In the end, she does everything her hated and evil father wanted but just a few years later when she was “more mature” and so chose it herself.
Just so ridiculously out of touch. A story of a spoiled teenager who becomes an entitled adult.