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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
awww had me crying at the end. i was moved by this book and enjoyed its anarchist setting, and the characters commitment to their home. writing wasn't my fave style tho
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
a story told very much in the style of the maybe victorian? travelogue, with the protagonist on a journey that conveniently explores and explains every facet of some exotic locale, but in this case, an anarchist 'country'! the ideas are very fun to play with and it swims along enough, but i was missing an emotional component and much more characterization, and some of the expository dialogue got quite tedious. wish it had about 50% more words to have given me more reason to care about these characters. but that's maybe a loyal cleaving to the form? idk but great job margaret!
good politics, good look at an anarchist society that functions, not the absolute most compelling story
A bit heavy handed / didactic but a beautiful, engaging study of utopia and filled with a cast of characters willing to sacrifice anything for anarchy, freedom and responsibility to one another.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
fast-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:
No
The many comparisons to The Dispossessed are warranted. While perhaps not as sweeping in its so-called literary merits as Le Guin, this slim little novel is an incendiary expression of political possibility and hope. It is also a wonderful capsule of fantastic world building. Definitely recommend to fans of utopian fiction, to steampunk fantasies, and people with anarchistic curiosities and sympathies.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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