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A review by doritobabe
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
5.0
I give this book a solid 4.5/5... It just barely didn't make the 5 star rating and only because with books as ambitious as this, sometimes the ending is just hard to make as great as the rest of the story.
Borne is a speculative fiction-dystopian novel that takes place in a realistic future, with realistic people, and a cool, yet unrealistic, THING named Borne. Our protagonist, Rachel and her roommate/lover Wick, are scavengers in a world torn apart by biological technology and science gone too far. The Earth seems to be destroyed, completely polluted (among other things) and the city in which they live is haunted by a giant, GIANT bear named Mord. One day, while scavenging for useful items, Rachel scales Mord and finds this weird "ball" that ends up being Borne. It is a supremely efficient blob-being that Rachel grows to love and Wick to distrust. This story is not only about Borne, but about everything about where they live and how people survive.
I really love VanderMeer's novels as they are creative and unique; stimulating and thought provoking. There is probably a lot that I could write about this novel, but the most I will say is, I like to believe it is in the same universe as the Southern Reach Trilogy -- maybe in the far future.
THIS BOOK IS CONCEPTUALLY UNDERSTOOD
Borne is a speculative fiction-dystopian novel that takes place in a realistic future, with realistic people, and a cool, yet unrealistic, THING named Borne. Our protagonist, Rachel and her roommate/lover Wick, are scavengers in a world torn apart by biological technology and science gone too far. The Earth seems to be destroyed, completely polluted (among other things) and the city in which they live is haunted by a giant, GIANT bear named Mord. One day, while scavenging for useful items, Rachel scales Mord and finds this weird "ball" that ends up being Borne. It is a supremely efficient blob-being that Rachel grows to love and Wick to distrust. This story is not only about Borne, but about everything about where they live and how people survive.
I really love VanderMeer's novels as they are creative and unique; stimulating and thought provoking. There is probably a lot that I could write about this novel, but the most I will say is, I like to believe it is in the same universe as the Southern Reach Trilogy -- maybe in the far future.
THIS BOOK IS CONCEPTUALLY UNDERSTOOD