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bmahaffy's review
4.0
Although the book is basically about a first-contact experience, it isn't as science-fiction as it might sound. More about the central character finding peace, and finding herself, after her parents deaths, it turns in to a kind of a romance story.
Set in a near-future Canada where many social gains made in the last 30 years seem to have been lost, the book explores relationship negotiation among a group of people living in a communal living situation. The author never really explains what happened that caused the massive shift to the right in Canadian politics. I found that a bit unsettling at first but understanding why, or even understanding "what" the new rules were was not central to the story. In fact, I wonder if it was intentional to give the reader the same sense of uncertainty that the story's main characters are living in.
In the end there was a murder mystery, some really interesting examination of human nature, and a multitude of interesting romances.
"And now it is easy to admit it to anyone, for Blue is gone, and if I learned anything
from what has been done by those who hate, I learned that there's no sense in keeping any secrets.
The only way to be strong is to be completely vulnerable - and if they believe that, I can tell them what it was like."
Set in a near-future Canada where many social gains made in the last 30 years seem to have been lost, the book explores relationship negotiation among a group of people living in a communal living situation. The author never really explains what happened that caused the massive shift to the right in Canadian politics. I found that a bit unsettling at first but understanding why, or even understanding "what" the new rules were was not central to the story. In fact, I wonder if it was intentional to give the reader the same sense of uncertainty that the story's main characters are living in.
In the end there was a murder mystery, some really interesting examination of human nature, and a multitude of interesting romances.
"And now it is easy to admit it to anyone, for Blue is gone, and if I learned anything
from what has been done by those who hate, I learned that there's no sense in keeping any secrets.
The only way to be strong is to be completely vulnerable - and if they believe that, I can tell them what it was like."
coffeeandink's review
4.0
Excellent depiction of depression, excellent character interaction, interesting stuff on gender, a murder mystery that wandered in from some completely different book. I am not as impressed with Morgan as most of her roommates are, but it doesn't ruin things.
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