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shuttersmack 's review for:
The Great Transition
by Nick Fuller Googins
I originally picked this book up because I adore speculative fiction and I wanted to read about how this author saw the world after the climate crisis "was over." And it did not disappoint. My mind was reeling from the stories of the survival of the climate crisis and what was lost and how humans survived and the political shift that happened due to the catastrophe (and that sports were still a thing?).
But what I was not expecting (and completely enamored me) was how different characters reacted to "the end" of the crisis in their own ways, and the thought-provoking conversations about what we, as humans, do in the middle of horrible things that seem out of our control (but are they?). I kept relating this to my own experiences with racial equity and covid and even the war in the middle east right now. The idea of justice is huge in this book, and how far people should go.
I don't have the answers, but I loved this story, and it has my mind thinking about all of these things so much more, so I think the author did a fantastic job. I will be suggesting this book to many friends this year.
But what I was not expecting (and completely enamored me) was how different characters reacted to "the end" of the crisis in their own ways, and the thought-provoking conversations about what we, as humans, do in the middle of horrible things that seem out of our control (but are they?). I kept relating this to my own experiences with racial equity and covid and even the war in the middle east right now. The idea of justice is huge in this book, and how far people should go.
I don't have the answers, but I loved this story, and it has my mind thinking about all of these things so much more, so I think the author did a fantastic job. I will be suggesting this book to many friends this year.