emjay24 's review for:

The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper

4.0

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I was super happy to see a new Sheri Tepper book at my local library, and excited to read it. I didn't realize till i was a good way through, that this is a sequel to the Plague of Angels. But you don't need to have read POA in order to read this (but it was a good book so you might as well read it). This is not as good as some of my favorite books by her, but it's better than a lot as well. I enjoyed it. Every day I kept wanting to rush to read it, although i kept being interrupted. It's not a super quick read, there's a lot to process, lots of details and storylines, which I love. The characters seemed really filled out to me, and not just the main two people. Precious Wind, one of her guardians, became one of my favorite characters as well as of course, Abasio. Even Alicia, one of the bad people, was complex and i ended up feeling really sorry for her. I won't give away the plot, but this is set in the future, after most of the people of the earth have died off, and the waters of the earth are rising because of all the damage we've done to it. There are stories in stories, so once some things are solved, there are still other problems. It was a little weird at the end, but i liked the imagination there. Def a good book to read!