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3.27 AVERAGE
3.27 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A riveting and environmentally-minded thriller and mystery novel, with all the respect for character and nature I’ve come to expect from Jeff VanderMeer. The audiobook’s narrator Lisa Flanagan was phenomenal!
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Security consultant “Jane Smith” receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit. Inside, she finds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues about a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and daughter of a wealthy industrialist. VanderMeer again twists the world we live in, a world ravaged by environmental devastation, into an unsettling mystery-thriller for his readers. Recommended.
[I received an advanced e-galley through #Netgalley.]
[I received an advanced e-galley through #Netgalley.]
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not for me. Almost every one of the 100+ sections tried to be deep and meaningful. The result was a novel that felt emotionally flat. Maybe that was the intent, written from the perspective of a confusing character with unclear motives.
I felt the climate disaster pieces of the book were an afterthought that felt forced, and didn’t connect to the plot until the last few pages.
I felt the climate disaster pieces of the book were an afterthought that felt forced, and didn’t connect to the plot until the last few pages.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes