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A review by maryclaire92
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
I really loved this. Essentially a short story collection with characters loosely related to each other, yet it takes place over the span of millennia. It begins at the outset of the release of an ancient arctic plague and shows snapshots of the ramifications throughout time and space. The author manages to take this borderline (and sometimes not borderline) sci-fi content and make it so devastatingly human. I needed time to digest each of these vignettes after listening and fell in love with the journeys of so many of these characters. City of Laughter and Pig Son were highlights for me, but the experience of listening to this entire audiobook was remarkable.
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Child death, Terminal illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic