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farahmendlesohn 's review for:
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
I realised recently that I’d only read the titular story, which is brilliant. So I dug the book out for a read.
It’s ok. The first chapter remains stunning. But the rest of the book is a bit dreamy and the world building doesn’t bite. Often you can feel McIntyre trying to retrofit in ways that don’t quite work.
The most radical aspect is the sexual politics and the clue to the solution that is tied to it, but it feels less radical than it once did, especially as a nuclear family is reconstructed at the end.
It’s ok. The first chapter remains stunning. But the rest of the book is a bit dreamy and the world building doesn’t bite. Often you can feel McIntyre trying to retrofit in ways that don’t quite work.
The most radical aspect is the sexual politics and the clue to the solution that is tied to it, but it feels less radical than it once did, especially as a nuclear family is reconstructed at the end.