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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Blade Runner es una de mis películas favoritas.
Dicho esto, ¿cómo no me va a gustar un libro que de alguna manera expande su universo?
Bruna Husky, es una rep (replicante) de combate, ahora retirada, convertida en detective privado.
En un mundo pesimista, donde se cobra por el aire limpio y la humanidad parece abocada a la guerra, la muerte misteriosa de reps parece que va a sacudir hasta los cimientos de la sociedad.
Y en medio de todo el meollo esta Bruna, of course. Rodeada de los mas variopintos aliados (o puede que enemigos) intentará resolver el misterio de las muertes y un con poco de suerte, el misterio de su propia existencia.
Llegó un punto del libro que me importaba menos el misterio y mas todo lo que rodeaba a Bruna. Cuando se arranca con el monólogo de Roy Batty la emoción me sobrepasó.
Un buen libro para amantes de Blade Runner, sociedades distópicas en general, el cyberpunk, las protagonistas fuertes (y a la vez vulnerables), situaciones violentas, y lirismo en la soledad.
Dicho esto, ¿cómo no me va a gustar un libro que de alguna manera expande su universo?
Bruna Husky, es una rep (replicante) de combate, ahora retirada, convertida en detective privado.
En un mundo pesimista, donde se cobra por el aire limpio y la humanidad parece abocada a la guerra, la muerte misteriosa de reps parece que va a sacudir hasta los cimientos de la sociedad.
Y en medio de todo el meollo esta Bruna, of course. Rodeada de los mas variopintos aliados (o puede que enemigos) intentará resolver el misterio de las muertes y un con poco de suerte, el misterio de su propia existencia.
Llegó un punto del libro que me importaba menos el misterio y mas todo lo que rodeaba a Bruna. Cuando se arranca con el monólogo de Roy Batty la emoción me sobrepasó.
Un buen libro para amantes de Blade Runner, sociedades distópicas en general, el cyberpunk, las protagonistas fuertes (y a la vez vulnerables), situaciones violentas, y lirismo en la soledad.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF’d at 10%. Couldn’t get into it and the huge infodump in the form of pages and pages a historical in-world report had my eyes glaze over. Just not for me, I guess.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The title Tears in Rain comes from Blade Runner and that caught my eye originally about this novel. It takes place a bit further in the future, in a Madrid of the future. You will not find it as dark, yet you will find geo-political lines drawn more starkly.
The story focuses on Bruna Husky, a replicant, meaning an android with near completely human characteristics. Unlike the time when Harrison Ford/Decker pursued replicants, who had no legal existence on Earth, in this later period, replicants did have legal, if uneasy existence here. Bruna works as a detective, after haing training and serving as a combat replicant. Here the case really concerns her own existence and as time goes on, the future of all replicants on earth in the face of racist thugs and hostile off-world extremist colongies.
The author Rosa Montero is an established Spanish writer, and here we have another example of mainstream authors crossing over to science fiction or speculative fictions or whatever we should call it, in order to pursue most interesting social, political and cultural explorations.
I enjoyed the writing. I can only assume the translator was top notch. Through fast paced events and dialog, Montero draws the several key characters quite well. Bruna attracts an odd and most interesting assortment of friends and persons of interest. Bruna herself above all is well drawn. Most engaging is Bruna's inner dialog about what it means to live a full life with the conditions and burdens of being a replicant--including an autormatically shortened life as in Blade Runner
The extended world that Montero has created pays true tribute to the film, now 30 years old, and the original Philip Dick story, now 50 years past. I hope many readers find it, and not just those who follow science fiction.
The story focuses on Bruna Husky, a replicant, meaning an android with near completely human characteristics. Unlike the time when Harrison Ford/Decker pursued replicants, who had no legal existence on Earth, in this later period, replicants did have legal, if uneasy existence here. Bruna works as a detective, after haing training and serving as a combat replicant. Here the case really concerns her own existence and as time goes on, the future of all replicants on earth in the face of racist thugs and hostile off-world extremist colongies.
The author Rosa Montero is an established Spanish writer, and here we have another example of mainstream authors crossing over to science fiction or speculative fictions or whatever we should call it, in order to pursue most interesting social, political and cultural explorations.
I enjoyed the writing. I can only assume the translator was top notch. Through fast paced events and dialog, Montero draws the several key characters quite well. Bruna attracts an odd and most interesting assortment of friends and persons of interest. Bruna herself above all is well drawn. Most engaging is Bruna's inner dialog about what it means to live a full life with the conditions and burdens of being a replicant--including an autormatically shortened life as in Blade Runner
The extended world that Montero has created pays true tribute to the film, now 30 years old, and the original Philip Dick story, now 50 years past. I hope many readers find it, and not just those who follow science fiction.
Primera novela de ciencia ficción que me engancha desde las primeras páginas. Rosa Montero hace una proyección hacia delante de nuestra sociedad actual, factible y premonitoria. Sin duda leeré la siguiente entrega.
Bueno, ya es oficial. Me he enganchado a las peripecias de la detective Bruna Husky siguiendo la estela de esas mujeres rudas, con pantalla de auto protección a lo Lisbeth Salander de la saga Millennium.
Una trama policíaca bastante bien hilada, con recursos nuevos y un escenario de un Madrid del siglo XXII con detalles tiernos para quienes conocen el terreno.
Sin duda, seguiré sus aventuras.
Una trama policíaca bastante bien hilada, con recursos nuevos y un escenario de un Madrid del siglo XXII con detalles tiernos para quienes conocen el terreno.
Sin duda, seguiré sus aventuras.
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
fast-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:
Complicated