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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A beautiful exploration of the human life, and our possible future with the climate (political and literal) we are currently living in. I did feel like the lives of King and Athena did mirror each other’s in this complex way because of how their situations and personalities drove them to take any of the steps they did.
Although, one thing I absolutely did not like was how the book describes anything pertaining to the actual people. Visceral explanations of the smell of their sweat and breath, it’s felt weird and out of place every time. And although the book aimed to show the evils of caste system and capitalism I felt like it ended up not doing either sufficiently and had it not been for the characters, the story would have been fairly bland.
Although, one thing I absolutely did not like was how the book describes anything pertaining to the actual people. Visceral explanations of the smell of their sweat and breath, it’s felt weird and out of place every time. And although the book aimed to show the evils of caste system and capitalism I felt like it ended up not doing either sufficiently and had it not been for the characters, the story would have been fairly bland.
I guess this book was like if Steve Jobs was an immigrant proxy for intergenerational family trauma and then Margaret Atwood starts ghostwriting chapters at random. Still cried at the end tho
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Absolutely Not”, a thought I had many times during this book. There were parts where I really wanted to enjoy the story and the commentary provided but in the end - absolutely not.
I didn’t have high hopes for this book after the trauma fest that was the first chapter but my book club picked a “science fiction” book and I was excited for a pick that is more inline with my personal taste in books. So I held in there thinking we just had to catch up to more modern times. This was more historical fiction and a comments on current events than anything I would classify as science fiction. I get where that classification is added in but in the scheme of the narrative feels like an after thought.
Not a huge fan of some of the descriptive writing. Like just get to the point or use more colloquial language. “Tingling armpits” to describe beings nervous? No thank you. “Wobbling” fried eggs? I never want to eat again.
I didn’t have high hopes for this book after the trauma fest that was the first chapter but my book club picked a “science fiction” book and I was excited for a pick that is more inline with my personal taste in books. So I held in there thinking we just had to catch up to more modern times. This was more historical fiction and a comments on current events than anything I would classify as science fiction. I get where that classification is added in but in the scheme of the narrative feels like an after thought.
Not a huge fan of some of the descriptive writing. Like just get to the point or use more colloquial language. “Tingling armpits” to describe beings nervous? No thank you. “Wobbling” fried eggs? I never want to eat again.
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There's plenty going on here to talk about, and the books is well written.
However, topics are rarely explored to the best of their ability, and it could have been an excellent in depth exploration of one major idea, which would have been better.
However, topics are rarely explored to the best of their ability, and it could have been an excellent in depth exploration of one major idea, which would have been better.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No