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4.0
Whilst Way Down Dark and Long Dark Dusk were quite different books, Dark Made Dawn is more of a continuation of Chan’s story and an ending which is certainly not as bleak as I have come to expect from James.
I can imagine a lot of people would love to have something like Chan and Rex’s ending given the current political climate. There’s a lot of talk about the people being left behind by the establishment, and you get a little of that from the people Chan chooses to spend time with. Their future society definitely doesn’t work for everyone. Australia was an example of this, bundling criminals off into orbit where no one has to think about them.
The trilogy began with Chan’s promise to be selfish, to survive. As the story comes to an end she must reconsider her mantra, that maybe it doesn’t mean the same thing now. Her mother never expected her daughter to live on Earth, she would have forgiven Chan letting her promise slide.
Despite everything that happened between them on Australia, Chan and Rex have become genuine friends and I loved their friendship. Rex’s previous behaviour was clearly a result of her environment, a desire to survive and having to do something she didn’t want to.
I was a bit confused about Hoyle’s motivation. Had he been so augmented that he had lost some of his humanity? Or was he just doing his job? Sometimes he really seemed to care for Chan but I couldn’t resolve that with the way he handles everything. There was no higher force that I knew of that was ordering him to act such a way.
Whilst not my favourite book in the trilogy I did love the way it ended. Definitely read this if you're a fan of the first two!
Review copy provided by publisher.
I can imagine a lot of people would love to have something like Chan and Rex’s ending given the current political climate. There’s a lot of talk about the people being left behind by the establishment, and you get a little of that from the people Chan chooses to spend time with. Their future society definitely doesn’t work for everyone. Australia was an example of this, bundling criminals off into orbit where no one has to think about them.
The trilogy began with Chan’s promise to be selfish, to survive. As the story comes to an end she must reconsider her mantra, that maybe it doesn’t mean the same thing now. Her mother never expected her daughter to live on Earth, she would have forgiven Chan letting her promise slide.
Despite everything that happened between them on Australia, Chan and Rex have become genuine friends and I loved their friendship. Rex’s previous behaviour was clearly a result of her environment, a desire to survive and having to do something she didn’t want to.
I was a bit confused about Hoyle’s motivation. Had he been so augmented that he had lost some of his humanity? Or was he just doing his job? Sometimes he really seemed to care for Chan but I couldn’t resolve that with the way he handles everything. There was no higher force that I knew of that was ordering him to act such a way.
Whilst not my favourite book in the trilogy I did love the way it ended. Definitely read this if you're a fan of the first two!
Review copy provided by publisher.
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