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breathcadence's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
benjamin_zoumenou's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lydiabatanghari's review against another edition
4.0
Hard to get into this world at first (which is why I’m giving it 4 stars), but really engaging book after that. Loved the bestiary of the world’s creatures at the end!
ominousspectre's review against another edition
4.75
How did I know it had happened? Because of its absence now, because I still felt the loss of it, but I didn't know how to convey that to Borne then, because he had never lost anything. Not back then. He just kept accumulating, sampling, tasting. He kept gaining parts of the world, while I kept losing them.
Ugh, I love you, Jeffrey. Not everything he does is perfect of course, as no one is, but everything he does is in earnest.
It is so wild how a dystopian biotech novel can also be about the complicated nature of motherhood. My brain is teeming with Thoughts™
Ugh, I love you, Jeffrey. Not everything he does is perfect of course, as no one is, but everything he does is in earnest.
It is so wild how a dystopian biotech novel can also be about the complicated nature of motherhood. My brain is teeming with Thoughts™
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
aykdanroyd's review against another edition
Great book, just not reading it quickly enough. Will pick it back up at a later time!
nhnabass's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Hot damn.
A dark, dystopian, gory sci fi that feels like the best and worst kind of hallucinogenic trip. Wonderfully gruesome imagery that bends the imagination around the kinds of creatures you hope aren’t lurking beneath the ocean.
A story that reflects on what it means to be.
A dark, dystopian, gory sci fi that feels like the best and worst kind of hallucinogenic trip. Wonderfully gruesome imagery that bends the imagination around the kinds of creatures you hope aren’t lurking beneath the ocean.
A story that reflects on what it means to be.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Gore
estherounette's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
Audiobook:
I don't even know how to explain this story. It is a fantasy, futuristic. It is a love-ish story but not like you'd expect. It is dystopian, dark and deadly. It is a physiological horror. It is a mind game. It was a hallucinogenic trip . I don't know if I liked it, I wanted to quit it but couldn't stop myself from listening. It was crazy and yet it all fit. Brilliantly weird.
Note: I heard "Borne" so many times I almost lost my mind.
I don't even know how to explain this story. It is a fantasy, futuristic. It is a love-ish story but not like you'd expect. It is dystopian, dark and deadly. It is a physiological horror. It is a mind game. It was a hallucinogenic trip . I don't know if I liked it, I wanted to quit it but couldn't stop myself from listening. It was crazy and yet it all fit. Brilliantly weird.
Note: I heard "Borne" so many times I almost lost my mind.
savaging's review against another edition
5.0
This book means a lot to me.
I spend a lot of time thinking about three things:
1: There are many kinds of people, from all manner of species.
2: The dying world is a living world.
3: There is no god and the rats will inherit the earth.
Most literature doesn't have a lot to say about the thoughts that take up most of my brain. But it's all VanderMeer wants to talk about. I'm so grateful this weirdo exists and he keeps spinning out stories.
I spend a lot of time thinking about three things:
1: There are many kinds of people, from all manner of species.
2: The dying world is a living world.
3: There is no god and the rats will inherit the earth.
Most literature doesn't have a lot to say about the thoughts that take up most of my brain. But it's all VanderMeer wants to talk about. I'm so grateful this weirdo exists and he keeps spinning out stories.