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A review by abookishwasp
The Seep by Chana Porter
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Reading (listening) to this felt like a philosophical introspection on acid.
I believe it has a very original concept, in my opinion at least as I have never read or heard of anything like this before, though I guess Annihilation is as close of a comparison as i can make but still very different.
We essentially follow the story of Trina and her life after an alien invasion of a symbiote called the Seep that essentially fixes everything that is wrong with the world and creates a utopia. Trina's wife, Deeba, decides that she wants to start her life anew as a baby, erase all her bad experiences and memories and live a better life from the start. And in this book we follow Trina and how she deals with the grief of losing (in a sense) her wife, how she struggles to move on and accept the change that the Seep has made and longing for what once was.
It was a very short listen and I did struggle a bit to get into it in the beginning as I don't tend to read scifi, but i ended up enjoying it by the end. Mind you, I went into this with zero expectations and had very little idea what the book was about.
There is also a lot of queer and trans rep.
I believe it has a very original concept, in my opinion at least as I have never read or heard of anything like this before, though I guess Annihilation is as close of a comparison as i can make but still very different.
We essentially follow the story of Trina and her life after an alien invasion of a symbiote called the Seep that essentially fixes everything that is wrong with the world and creates a utopia. Trina's wife, Deeba, decides that she wants to start her life anew as a baby, erase all her bad experiences and memories and live a better life from the start. And in this book we follow Trina and how she deals with the grief of losing (in a sense) her wife, how she struggles to move on and accept the change that the Seep has made and longing for what once was.
It was a very short listen and I did struggle a bit to get into it in the beginning as I don't tend to read scifi, but i ended up enjoying it by the end. Mind you, I went into this with zero expectations and had very little idea what the book was about.
There is also a lot of queer and trans rep.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief