A review by tehani
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina

4.0

I've heard people talk about this as fantasy, but it felt much more dystopic SF to me. It's probably a solid 3.5, but I round up for Aussie books, particularly debut novels (Kwaymullina has previous publications, but not novel length). I enjoyed the read, thought there were some fabulous ideas and great characters. I wasn't sold on the world-building, and the book suffered a little from the same problem that Veronica Roth's "Divergent" did, in that it was hard to believe the societal structure could be world-wide. The structure was really quite unusual, with a lot of the story taking place in flashbacks as memories, and a frequent quirk of the protagonist realising that something she had thought was true turned out to be something quite different. I think this will do well with the Hunger Games crowd looking for what to read next!