A review by the_gandy_man
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

4.0

Borne has a lot of really interesting, unique stuff. Borne himself is incredible. The book is at its best when he's there. He has a childlike sense of wonder and naivety while at the same time being essentially alien with abilities, senses, perhaps motives that are beyond human comprehension. He's simultaneously cute and terrifying. The world is very interesting. I like that the setting is post-apocalypse without dwelling at all on the apocalypse, instead focusing on the fucked up situation we're in now. It doesn't matter what people before called anything. It's just "the city" or "the company" now. I like all the biotech stuff. It's very cool, and I don't think I've seen a sci-fi world where the future technology is like it is in Borne. And of course the giant floating bear is fucking sick.

The main thing I didn't love was the plot in the later parts of the book. Once

Borne leaves

, a lot of the stuff that happens doesn't really interest me. I don't care nearly as much about

Wick being not human or Rachel being from the company or from wherever that portal thing goes to

as I do about

Borne impersonating Wick and Rachel

.