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A review by anaiira
LoveStar by Andri Snær Magnason
4.0
The backbone of the story is shooting dead people into space so that when they fall, they become falling stars, making the ritual of death more beautiful. There's also this romance side plot about two people who found true love and are forced apart by a psychopathic official because the official wanted to bang the girl. From what I got, the underlying theme is how people's relationship to morality, death, and love are changed by modern technology - large conglomerate corporations using collected data to seemingly improve people's lives, etc etc, and then something about genetic engineering.
I think all the ideas are interesting! I just think the English translation lacks coherency, it sounds kind of jumpy. I know Chinese novels translated to English have the same problem, so I really can't say for sure. I don't really know what to make of the ending though.
I think all the ideas are interesting! I just think the English translation lacks coherency, it sounds kind of jumpy. I know Chinese novels translated to English have the same problem, so I really can't say for sure. I don't really know what to make of the ending though.