Phoenix Extravagant

My first time reading a book by Yoon Ha Lee and it was a lot of fun. I loved the artist main character, the giant pacifist mecha dragon, and the messages about war and colonialism.

If not for the last couple of pages, this would easily have been five stars. But once I'd collected my Kindle from where I'd thrown it across the room–and with some mental gymnastics–I'm willing to concede the thematic appropriateness of the ending.

Endings are the least important part of a book to me, but I expect this one will be divisive.