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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I found this book during my last trip to the library and picked it up. (I vaguely remember this book when it first came out, but I don't know if I read it at the time.) The book is well structured and written, and it is built on a solid idea. The story isn't terribly complex, and Burton does a good job of not getting bogged down in the minutia of the characters' journeys to Chicago. In a different book the level of detail would be out of balance, but here it works well.
What's missing here for me is the complete emotional impact and connection to the characters at the end of the book. It's tricky to talk about this without spoilers. In the arc involving a secondary character, I definitely did have that emotional tug. And I felt horrors for the situations (particularly in the last quarter of the book), but in the part of the climax that should have made me sad, I didn't feel much. I also think the ending is a little too pat, given what a crappy situation the US is in.
What's missing here for me is the complete emotional impact and connection to the characters at the end of the book. It's tricky to talk about this without spoilers. In the arc involving a secondary character, I definitely did have that emotional tug. And I felt horrors for the situations (particularly in the last quarter of the book), but in the part of the climax that should have made me sad, I didn't feel much. I also think the ending is a little too pat, given what a crappy situation the US is in.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A really interesting dystopian story. The world he creates is fascinating considering when it was initially published. A very prescient and compelling story from perhaps the best champion of storytelling, Levar Burton.
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tbh this book was kinda boring but I just pretended that Geordi was giving me a private reading. I am in awe of some of the things Geordi predicted that came true in real life tho.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Slow beginning and the ending was a little disappointing, but overall interesting story
i did not like this book
the vocab was giving “minimum word count”, the narration felt childish, too much gratuitous rape, and a classic 90’s racism towards native people (even tho a huge theme is racism in america??? ok)
the vocab was giving “minimum word count”, the narration felt childish, too much gratuitous rape, and a classic 90’s racism towards native people (even tho a huge theme is racism in america??? ok)