The Girl of Ink and Stars

This book is beautiful aesthetically, but there wasn't much there in it for me. There's little to no world building going on, despite the fact that it's so focused on maps, and that makes it really confusing. No characters really get any development, and/or (worse) die and come back with no clear explanation. The story is very inconsistent in tempo, and I honestly fell asleep several times during the slower parts.
I think the concept and the idea was definitely there, but it was just not executed well.
Maybe for quite young or inexperienced readers.