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laura_may's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
causticcovercritic's review against another edition
4.0
Argentinean hackers, the permeability of bodies & species, the exchange of information (biological & digital), and some weird stuff with a big rat. Recommended.
mkenn's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Great audiobook performance!
chillcox15's review
4.0
3.5 stars. My least favorite of the three Oloixarac novels translated into English thus far, perhaps because it is the most pointedly esoteric, with a lot of the narrative wedging itself into a sort of high-enlightenment Victorian-era energy of colonial science, and jamming it against the new "frontier" (using the heaviest of scare quotes) of start-up culture. It works, but it doesn't quite have the explosive, combative charms of her other novels.
aleffert's review
2.0
This promised an elliptical tangling of past and future, but what I found was a bunch of sex scenes connected by low end cyberpunk
shirahdevorah's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Body horror
Minor: Pregnancy
booksnpunks's review
2.0
This started out really interesting but I quickly got so lost and had no idea what was going on. Really interesting concept but I could not get to grips with the story at all.
undermeyou's review
2.0
This cover - 10/10, the description/blurb is super interesting, but ultimately, I had no fucking clue what was going on 99% of the time in this book. I couldn’t even enjoy the plot because I was so distracted by the metaphors and euphemisms that I was never certain if I was supposed to take at face value or not. Because it’s sci-fi and there is a thread of biotech when things are said like, he caressed her memory card, I don’t know if I am supposed to think she’s a weird, spliced, robot person or if everyone is inorganic, or if this is just a strange euphemism to keep you immersed in cyberpunk/sci-fi vibes. I wanted to love this book. I tried to reread huge sections when I would notice I was getting lost, but this did not work for me.