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adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
So much is going on in this book. One thing that fascinates me is that it very much appears to be a book in conversation with Farenheit 451. That book ends with the horror of nuclear war but also the weirdly optimistic (and science-defying) return of several characters to the recently destroyed city to rebuild.
Màgòdiz, set in a post-nuclear wasteland somewhere in the center of an unnamed land mass that I nevertheless take to be modern-day North America, seems to take Bradbury's premises - the storytellers, the war - and infuses it with pragmatism and indigenous sensibilities. I don't know if this was Calderón's intent (nothing I've read about Màgòdiz references this connection), but I felt it so strongly, and for me it added a fascinating overlayer to every word.
Màgòdiz, set in a post-nuclear wasteland somewhere in the center of an unnamed land mass that I nevertheless take to be modern-day North America, seems to take Bradbury's premises - the storytellers, the war - and infuses it with pragmatism and indigenous sensibilities. I don't know if this was Calderón's intent (nothing I've read about Màgòdiz references this connection), but I felt it so strongly, and for me it added a fascinating overlayer to every word.
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Torture
Moderate: Police brutality, Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Kidnapping
Minor: War, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault
Environmental degradation, Euthanasia, Mind control
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