/lit/ - Literature

So I read this and it's sequel God of Broken Things yesterday. Decent enough start, the dialogue felt a little weird because everyone speaks with very modern vocabulary despite it being a setting completely removed from earth where humanity isn't even a naturally existing species. It manages to be a bit edgy without coming across as unbelievable, and it pulls of the whole "City where everything sucks and everything is miserable" cliche well enough.
Second book was kind of disappointing because of how utterly generic and ununteresting the antagonists are mind controlling bugs that crawl into people and steal their bodies, never heard that one before., but it makes up for it in the second half with some strong action and a great ending.

One thing I liked about it is the author never got side tracked into irrelevant shit, the story progresses rapidly without seeming truncated.