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blauglas 's review for:
Bewilderment
by Richard Powers
challenging
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Such a goddamn beautiful book. I feel bone-tired after reading it.
This is a story about a father and his son, a story about grief for beings and creatures that have been, and for those who are about to have been. It's a story about how wonderful all the lifeforms in Earth are, and how greed and hate and lack of knowledge are destroying them.
I can only imagine how heartbreaking it must be to have to tell your child to become complacent in the face of extinction, of a changing Earth. I have seen our world through Robin's eyes for a moment, and I feel his despair.
I liked the Sci-Fi element of DecNef, and the strong basis in SF in general. I enjoyed the planets Theo imagined for his son, like little short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.
But at the same time, I wouldn't describe this book as SF. It's too close to reality for that, just like Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower.
There is an attitude of anti-medicine voiced by the father throughout this book. And I understand that this stance is necessary for him to even consider the alternative neurofeedback treatment for his son, therefore it has its place as a narrative device. But it did make me feel a little uneasy.
This is a story about a father and his son, a story about grief for beings and creatures that have been, and for those who are about to have been. It's a story about how wonderful all the lifeforms in Earth are, and how greed and hate and lack of knowledge are destroying them.
I can only imagine how heartbreaking it must be to have to tell your child to become complacent in the face of extinction, of a changing Earth. I have seen our world through Robin's eyes for a moment, and I feel his despair.
I liked the Sci-Fi element of DecNef, and the strong basis in SF in general. I enjoyed the planets Theo imagined for his son, like little short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.
But at the same time, I wouldn't describe this book as SF. It's too close to reality for that, just like Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower.
There is an attitude of anti-medicine voiced by the father throughout this book. And I understand that this stance is necessary for him to even consider the alternative neurofeedback treatment for his son, therefore it has its place as a narrative device. But it did make me feel a little uneasy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Violence