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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
dark
funny
mysterious
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:
Yes
I really enjoyed this. Miller created this dystopia where he perfectly distills the zeitgeist fears of climate change, big tech, and rising extreme inequality. It's all weaved together by the perspective of different characters, and this worked really well for this story. The best SciFi I've read this year so far.
3.5 stars
I listened to this book and enjoyed it.
It is set in the future, on a man made towering city looming in the ocean. The narrators alternate, and I am happy to report there are some decent and authentic queer characters.
Sci-fi more than speculative fiction, but nothing too out there.
I listened to this book and enjoyed it.
It is set in the future, on a man made towering city looming in the ocean. The narrators alternate, and I am happy to report there are some decent and authentic queer characters.
Sci-fi more than speculative fiction, but nothing too out there.
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-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
I was intrigued by the characters and setting at the start – what is this place? how are people living here? I was interested enough to be pulled along through the exposition (there’s a fair amount) and how the characters come together. Especially found the characters of Soq and the two grandmothers interesting. Fascinating communication/translation in this global city, nano-bonded humans with other creatures, The Breaks disease... In the end I liked the set up more than where the plot went. Post-"climate wars", cycle of power and corruption.
i simply do not have the bandwidth for this at the moment/i cannot be bothered to give a shit about any of the characters
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
hopeful
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:
Complicated
Reading this was like walking through patchy fog. I could figure out what was going on maybe 60% of the time but then out of nowhere someone's head would get cut off. [Not a spoiler - you don't know WHOSE head.] I felt like the flashes of insight I gained here and there were what kept me in it until the end, but it largely seemed like the author was being needlessly coy. Or I just didn't grasp what he was trying to do.