A review by cubaitlubin
Kentukis by Samanta Schweblin

dark reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Poca gente estaba dispuesta a exponer su intimidad ante un desconocido, y a todo el mundo le encantaba mirar...

¿Qué tipo de persona elegiría «ser» kentuki en lugar de «tener» un kentuki?

A Black Mirror-esque premise stretched into a web of characters sucked into the latest tech craze for myriad reasons and perspectives. So many questions and implications of privacy and social media, told through specific citizens and their reason for engaging with kentukis and when the phenomenon goes too far. I liked the structure of shifting perspectives and returning to them throughout, rather than a collection of short stories written as one POV's beginning-to-end arc for each chapter. It added to the unsettling feelings and the passage of time and space.