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A review by iam
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
medium-paced
5.0
I love this series, but I admittedly always have to steel myself before reading any book in them - especially the ones about childrens' individual fates with their doors and the worlds they find through them.
If there is one thing about this Seanan McGuire, is that she is NOT afraid to have horrific things happen to children in her books. The worlds these children fall into are whimsical and cruel, but since they are often exactly the thing that these children need, it's not even that I'm talking about. No, the cruelty much more often lies in the mundane world they leave behind and (eventually, inevitably) return to.
Thankfully, I personally found Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear to be much more bearable than some of the other installments of the series. Which isn't to say that Nadya's life in the normal world is all sunshine and roses. She faces her fair share of struggles, and she faces a particular cruelty and dehumanization as she is adopted (originally from Russia and adopted by Americans) and was born with half of an arm.
Through her door she finds Belyyreka, a lake of a world full of turles that is (almost) wholly welcoming of children who tumble through doors, even when the world does not need a hero. I found Nadya's story in Belyyreka almost calming to read, a soft and nice adventure with very few upsets.
This, however, made the return even more jarring and sad. Thankfully, though, we know she eventually returns to Belyyreka from Beneath the Sugar Sky, which, overall, makes this one of the lightes books in the series to me.
If there is one thing about this Seanan McGuire, is that she is NOT afraid to have horrific things happen to children in her books. The worlds these children fall into are whimsical and cruel, but since they are often exactly the thing that these children need, it's not even that I'm talking about. No, the cruelty much more often lies in the mundane world they leave behind and (eventually, inevitably) return to.
Thankfully, I personally found Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear to be much more bearable than some of the other installments of the series. Which isn't to say that Nadya's life in the normal world is all sunshine and roses. She faces her fair share of struggles, and she faces a particular cruelty and dehumanization as she is adopted (originally from Russia and adopted by Americans) and was born with half of an arm.
Through her door she finds Belyyreka, a lake of a world full of turles that is (almost) wholly welcoming of children who tumble through doors, even when the world does not need a hero. I found Nadya's story in Belyyreka almost calming to read, a soft and nice adventure with very few upsets.
This, however, made the return even more jarring and sad. Thankfully, though, we know she eventually returns to Belyyreka from Beneath the Sugar Sky, which, overall, makes this one of the lightes books in the series to me.