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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Where do I even begin and what the fuck did I just read? The build-up over the first half of this book from pandemic story into a kind of monstrous transformation was tense in the same way I found the film Pearl to be. And the the rapid devolution into cosmic body horror and gore in the second half hit me like a freight train.
Ultimately, it's a story about autonomy and choices that parallels really well with current, real life horror. I found the differences between all three women to be sharp and striking enough for their voices to bleed into the author's writing style (particularly how I only found Savannah to be an interesting character through Mareva's narration), and the last couple of chapters felt like whiplash.
Overall, I loved it. An easy 5 stars!
Ultimately, it's a story about autonomy and choices that parallels really well with current, real life horror. I found the differences between all three women to be sharp and striking enough for their voices to bleed into the author's writing style (particularly how I only found Savannah to be an interesting character through Mareva's narration), and the last couple of chapters felt like whiplash.
Overall, I loved it. An easy 5 stars!
This book was messed up and so good wow. It follows three women’s stories following a crazy new virus which becomes so much more. Queer apocalyptic body horror. If you’re a fan of horror check out this book!
Thank you to Tor nightfire for the arc!
Thank you to Tor nightfire for the arc!
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
It wasn't bad, but not the best book I've ever read. Once you figure out what's happening in the first half of the book, it makes more sense.
I feel like I didn’t understand this book, however, it was in a way that I enjoyed since I had no issue with what I lacked understanding. Not understanding the book was no fault to Snyder, I can tell she’s a very talented writer. If anything, I just didn’t understand a lot of the book because it was very bizarre and unlike anything that I had read before.
The book takes place in the real world with lots of references to current slang and even the covid pandemic. There was lots of science talk in the form of a scientist who would live stream on Youtube. I’m not totally sure if the words they used were real, but Snyder was able to make the characters sound like professional scientists. With all the science talk going on in the three sections, I would have preferred if there was no talk of aliens or new deities being the cause of the PVG virus (the pandemic in the book). Or if it couldn’t have just been science, I would have preferred Snyder to just go with the aliens, but it seems like she was trying to balance all three possibilities as definite causes at the same time.
The book follows three women who are all very different from one another, and this provides the book freedom to cover a lot of story despite being less than 300 pages. Erin, Savannah, and Mareva’s story is broken up into three parts and they do not really interact with one another until Mareva gets the focus in part three. I would have liked for them to interact more or be connected more, but I can see how each of them is given the spotlight at different phases of the pandemic, which helps progress the story along.
I greatly enjoyed all the different themes often surrounding women that this book provided. Whether it was briefly or more extensively, there were themes of corruption in politics, corruption in the medical industry, medical morals, sexuality, abuse, assault, autonomy, empowerment, violence, and sex work just to name a few. If this book had been a little longer or formatted differently, I feel like I could point out how these themes all make the book as great as it is, but for now, they show greatness through subtly and implications.
Needless to say that if Snyder ever wrote more in the post-apocalyptic world--which hopefully she might since I interpreted the ending to be open--I would 100% read it.
The book takes place in the real world with lots of references to current slang and even the covid pandemic. There was lots of science talk in the form of a scientist who would live stream on Youtube. I’m not totally sure if the words they used were real, but Snyder was able to make the characters sound like professional scientists. With all the science talk going on in the three sections, I would have preferred if there was no talk of aliens or new deities being the cause of the PVG virus (the pandemic in the book). Or if it couldn’t have just been science, I would have preferred Snyder to just go with the aliens, but it seems like she was trying to balance all three possibilities as definite causes at the same time.
The book follows three women who are all very different from one another, and this provides the book freedom to cover a lot of story despite being less than 300 pages. Erin, Savannah, and Mareva’s story is broken up into three parts and they do not really interact with one another until Mareva gets the focus in part three. I would have liked for them to interact more or be connected more, but I can see how each of them is given the spotlight at different phases of the pandemic, which helps progress the story along.
I greatly enjoyed all the different themes often surrounding women that this book provided. Whether it was briefly or more extensively, there were themes of corruption in politics, corruption in the medical industry, medical morals, sexuality, abuse, assault, autonomy, empowerment, violence, and sex work just to name a few. If this book had been a little longer or formatted differently, I feel like I could point out how these themes all make the book as great as it is, but for now, they show greatness through subtly and implications.
Needless to say that if Snyder ever wrote more in the post-apocalyptic world--which hopefully she might since I interpreted the ending to be open--I would 100% read it.
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What did I just read... It's not badly written or a bad story. But just.. why?.. Also felt like I needed a bingo card with all of the items in the book xD.