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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Ambitious in scale yet remarkably realistic and cohesive, given the subject matter.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
Argh why do they have to remind me that the world is basically ending!?! At least it does end on a hopeful note.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I have to say when I first started to read this book I could not figure out where the science fiction came into play. This thought plagued me for the better part of the whole story until it’s genre classification was finally revealed. I enjoyed the story. While some scenes were slow (yet important and thought provoking), others held me in anticipation. To this book I have to say, job well done. You made me lust after honey, yet condone myself in the same instant for all of the things I already condone society for, destroying our planet. Is there a turn around for our world? Or do we adapt.... because that is how species survive.
Loved the writing and the characters and the setting and the plot, but I hated the organization. I don’t usually dislike novels with multiple POVs, but I did not at all like the way Bradley executed his time/setting/character shifts. From a potential 5-star to 3-star.
That said, I loved Adam and I appreciated the way his family develops from the people he is connected to over time.
Titular concept is well explored, but it wasn’t connected back to the title, a word that I’m pretty sure most people don’t know the meaning of without looking it up. Other themes were sort of left hanging, which may be part of the reason I was so cranky about all the shifting POV. We never went back to explore the things that happened in earlier chapters thematically or otherwise. These people and events were just linked chronologically.
That said, I loved Adam and I appreciated the way his family develops from the people he is connected to over time.
Titular concept is well explored, but it wasn’t connected back to the title, a word that I’m pretty sure most people don’t know the meaning of without looking it up. Other themes were sort of left hanging, which may be part of the reason I was so cranky about all the shifting POV. We never went back to explore the things that happened in earlier chapters thematically or otherwise. These people and events were just linked chronologically.
reflective
slow-paced
An easy read and a powerful story highlighting the fragility of humanity in an ever changing world that will continue to change after we are long gone. I can understand the reasons why he didn't, but the author could have added as a footnote some links to information and ways readers can make a positive difference to climate change. After feeling like I had been lightly slapped in the face by the reality of climate change throughout this book, it was a surprise to me that the last three pages were blank.
It's the world as it is, but further along the decline. Storms and floods are deadly on a large scale. It's dour. But a sense of connection runs through the narrative.
My favorite part about this book was the structure. Typically in books with rotating perspectives I align myself with a particular voice or wish more of the story was told from one of the perspectives. In Clade the reader doesn't have much of a chance to feel that way because the narration shifts not only in perspective but in time. Though each narrative is interwoven with those that came before it and characters recur, the shift in time feels appropriate and well paced. Through the eyes of each character we feel the passage of time and the evolution of the problems and in many causes literal catastrophes they live with and through.