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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
I feel like I need to read this in an educational setting where I can discuss this work with someone more knowledgeable and insightful than me to fully appreciate this work. That being said, I found it very interesting and reflective of my own fears and thoughts on our changing world, and perceived control of our own bodies and the planet we inhabit.
challenging
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a very short book of short stories--with lots of white space and pages between stories. The stories all revolve around the town of Shivering Heights--a rainy, misty place. Most of the stories imply climate change and a wetter climate. Not hotter, just wetter.
But the weather is not all that is changing. There are also parasites that are attacking people, making them sick and killing them. A scientist named Laura appears in several of the stories--she is researching parasites. Animals and plants of all kind are evolving. Including people, as they are undergoing fast-paced evolutionary changes, into fish-like creatures and bird-like creatures.
It is atmospheric, creepy, and a little confusing as the stories may be linked through setting or through characters. It is definitely interesting, but it feels like an underdeveloped idea--could these stories be the basis of a novel? Or could there be a larger collection featuring Laura, expanding on and fully connecting the ideas here? Or perhaps that while this feels underdeveloped to me, it is a style in French short stories?
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Thanks to LibraryThing and Coach House for an ARC of this title.
But the weather is not all that is changing. There are also parasites that are attacking people, making them sick and killing them. A scientist named Laura appears in several of the stories--she is researching parasites. Animals and plants of all kind are evolving. Including people, as they are undergoing fast-paced evolutionary changes, into fish-like creatures and bird-like creatures.
It is atmospheric, creepy, and a little confusing as the stories may be linked through setting or through characters. It is definitely interesting, but it feels like an underdeveloped idea--could these stories be the basis of a novel? Or could there be a larger collection featuring Laura, expanding on and fully connecting the ideas here? Or perhaps that while this feels underdeveloped to me, it is a style in French short stories?
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Thanks to LibraryThing and Coach House for an ARC of this title.
sucked ballz. confusing af. thank you for coming to my ted talk.
The shape of water meets Annihilation but like Canadian. Perhaps the weirdest thing I’ve ever read and I’ve read a lot of weird stuff.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
TW for the sudden (and questionably presented) rape scene 20 pages in.
Yikes.
Yikes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault