Review: Iron Gold

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Notes while in progress. I have very real concerns about whether or not I am supposed to dislike a character - previously a hero - quite so bloody much. New older Darrow is an arsehole. He overrides the democratic government that he fought to create when he decides that he Just Knows Better*. Effectively becoming the autocratic dictator that he fought so hard to overthrow. And then he decides to ditch his wife and son - For Their Own Safety, which is a generic trope I absolutely _hate_ in this genre - without even talking to them. And instead he plans a braindead-ludicrous suicidal assassination run on Yon Skull-Encrusted Vader Clone. And there are _just_ enough warning notes in this to make me think that eventually Darrow _might_ be going to realize that he's being a jerk, which would overall make it better but which wont make reading this far any less painful.

*Current cultural context of the US president declaring war by ignoring Congress and assassinating a leader of a sovereign foreign nation _might_ not be doing this book any favours. Just sayin.

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