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Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
dark
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ARC provided by NetGalley.
I find it hard to put into words how I feel about this book, or how to rate it, but for the most part it was interesting and I enjoyed the premise and the characters, as well as the multiple pov's and the dual timeline narrative.
Meche is an interesting main character, one I can see did not translate well to many other reviewers. Personally, I loved her in all her selfish, contrarian glory. Angry girls are oft told they're hysterical, patronised and invalidated, but teenage girls tend to get a rubbish run of the peak puberty years and I loved watching her descend into her magic and give into her anger.
I also really enjoyed the exploration of her relationship with her father in the 2009 timeline as she navigated her complicated feelings towards him in the aftermath of his death, after 20 years of estrangement.
Sebastian was the roughest part of the book for me, I personally didn't like his and Meche's dynamic romantically, and towards the end of the 1989 timeline I lost patience for their games of deliberately hurting each other in cycles of teenage jealousy.
Overall, I did enjoy the book a lot, and would recommend it for anyone who wants a low magic setting, explorations of grief and tough love. I very much liked the author's style and lot of her other books sound amazing, so I'll definitely be picking them up in future.
I find it hard to put into words how I feel about this book, or how to rate it, but for the most part it was interesting and I enjoyed the premise and the characters, as well as the multiple pov's and the dual timeline narrative.
Meche is an interesting main character, one I can see did not translate well to many other reviewers. Personally, I loved her in all her selfish, contrarian glory. Angry girls are oft told they're hysterical, patronised and invalidated, but teenage girls tend to get a rubbish run of the peak puberty years and I loved watching her descend into her magic and give into her anger.
I also really enjoyed the exploration of her relationship with her father in the 2009 timeline as she navigated her complicated feelings towards him in the aftermath of his death, after 20 years of estrangement.
Sebastian was the roughest part of the book for me, I personally didn't like his and Meche's dynamic romantically, and towards the end of the 1989 timeline I lost patience for their games of deliberately hurting each other in cycles of teenage jealousy.
Overall, I did enjoy the book a lot, and would recommend it for anyone who wants a low magic setting, explorations of grief and tough love. I very much liked the author's style and lot of her other books sound amazing, so I'll definitely be picking them up in future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Death of parent