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The Sudden Appearance of Hope
by Claire North
Edit: my review doesn't contain spoilers, but my Kindle highlights do! Def don't read spoilers before picking up this book. The beauty of it is figuring out little bits as you read 😊
4.5 stars!! This book is about a woman everyone forgets...but it's also not about that at all. I went into it remembering only that, and I was absolutely fascinated the whole time.
There's a lot of social commentary, symbolism, metaphor, and SO much cleverness. Hope is somewhat of a collector of knowledge, so lots of random facts and stats are thrown in, and she also does a fair bit of world traveling so we get glimpses into lots of different cultures and lifestyles. It focuses not only on how people are different but how they are the same, and how both of those things can be good and bad.
The chapters are short (there are 106 in just over 450 pages) which really works for the type of story being told. It's definitely genre-bending, as it has elements of sff, but it's also sort of a fast-paced thriller, a bit dystopian, and probably literary or speculative fiction. I'm not so good with genres, and I certainly don't mind not being able to place books in a single box. This is also the type of book that reminds you writing is art. I wouldn't even know how to recommend this, but I really loved how it was written and everything it had to say. It really made me think, and I loved it for that. It was very introspective and therefore made ME introspective while reading. I was glad I took my time with this story, and I'm very happy I went in with no expectations!
4.5 stars!! This book is about a woman everyone forgets...but it's also not about that at all. I went into it remembering only that, and I was absolutely fascinated the whole time.
There's a lot of social commentary, symbolism, metaphor, and SO much cleverness. Hope is somewhat of a collector of knowledge, so lots of random facts and stats are thrown in, and she also does a fair bit of world traveling so we get glimpses into lots of different cultures and lifestyles. It focuses not only on how people are different but how they are the same, and how both of those things can be good and bad.
The chapters are short (there are 106 in just over 450 pages) which really works for the type of story being told. It's definitely genre-bending, as it has elements of sff, but it's also sort of a fast-paced thriller, a bit dystopian, and probably literary or speculative fiction. I'm not so good with genres, and I certainly don't mind not being able to place books in a single box. This is also the type of book that reminds you writing is art. I wouldn't even know how to recommend this, but I really loved how it was written and everything it had to say. It really made me think, and I loved it for that. It was very introspective and therefore made ME introspective while reading. I was glad I took my time with this story, and I'm very happy I went in with no expectations!