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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I thought the book had an interesting premise, but it was hard to suspend my disbelief because the setting -- both environmental and cultural -- either didn't feel right, or didn't feel developed enough.
While the Mississippi Delta may have been flooded, it seemed like a normal-enough place, with none of the oppressive heat or humidity that one might expect would accompany a radically transformed environment.
And, oddly enough, for a novel that explored the future of North and South in the United States, there was hardly any discussion about racism.
This is a good summer read, but it left me wanting more.
While the Mississippi Delta may have been flooded, it seemed like a normal-enough place, with none of the oppressive heat or humidity that one might expect would accompany a radically transformed environment.
And, oddly enough, for a novel that explored the future of North and South in the United States, there was hardly any discussion about racism.
This is a good summer read, but it left me wanting more.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. Some of the writing was beautiful and at times it also lost my interest. I loved the premise and the well thought out crafting of the dystopian future.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
His world building was excellent, and the week of the "ban gas stoves" controversy was a good week to read about a future Southern secession premised on continued fossil fuel use. The dialogue was largely expository and otherwise clunky, so it read more like a treatment for Premium Television than a novel. It will make a great TV show, for sure.
Couldn't get into it. I read about 80 pages but it was bogged in details that I couldn't connect to. Great premise and good writing though.
Totally not my thing, but it was well written.
Interesting and unique, but I didn't exactly love it. Sorry Jess!
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
"You fight the war with guns. You fight the peace with stories."
" 'Everyone fights an American war.' "
" 'Everyone fights an American war.' "