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A review by dee9401
vN by Madeline Ashby
4.0
I was looking forward to reading a new scifi book and vN by Madeline Ashby sounded like a good one. I read a few reviews of it (io9, the Guardian and maybe somewhere else) and looked forward to seeing what a new generation had up its sleeve. Most of the stuff I read when I was younger was written in the 50s through the early 80s.
I liked vN and strove to finish it, but I felt the book was a bit too obvious with its message. A little preachy, if you will. Scifi is a great tool for talking about contemporary social concerns while framing it in something more easily digestible. You don't have to bang the reader over the head, but I thought that the situation with Amy, her family, Javier and Junior was just too obvious and in my face. She had a great story and maybe it could have been edited down a little more to distill it.
I'd recommend this and I'll keep my eyes open for more by this new author.
I liked vN and strove to finish it, but I felt the book was a bit too obvious with its message. A little preachy, if you will. Scifi is a great tool for talking about contemporary social concerns while framing it in something more easily digestible. You don't have to bang the reader over the head, but I thought that the situation with Amy, her family, Javier and Junior was just too obvious and in my face. She had a great story and maybe it could have been edited down a little more to distill it.
I'd recommend this and I'll keep my eyes open for more by this new author.