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A review by edent_
Amatka by Karin Tidbeck
5.0
Outstanding! In my opinion, good sci-fi should deal with concepts which are utterly alien to the reader - yet have profoundly understandable consequences. That's just what this delivers.
It's hard to describe the plot without spoiling it. It attracts superficial comparisons to 1984 - an all-knowing authority rewriting history for their own ends - but it's a much deeper and more beautiful story.
Amatka drip-feeds the reader information - giving us just what we need to know in order to make us crave the next chapter. Much like the mushrooms which dominate the plot, the reader is kept in the dark for as long as possible.
The world-building is sublime, there are little echoes of Doctor Who serials, the tension is ratcheted up, and the whole premise is reality bending.
I urge you to grab a copy.
It's hard to describe the plot without spoiling it. It attracts superficial comparisons to 1984 - an all-knowing authority rewriting history for their own ends - but it's a much deeper and more beautiful story.
Amatka drip-feeds the reader information - giving us just what we need to know in order to make us crave the next chapter. Much like the mushrooms which dominate the plot, the reader is kept in the dark for as long as possible.
The world-building is sublime, there are little echoes of Doctor Who serials, the tension is ratcheted up, and the whole premise is reality bending.
I urge you to grab a copy.