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A review by minsies
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
4.0
This is very dense, and I got pretty bogged down in the god artist section - it felt more disconnected from the rest of the book, and the fact the two characters most closely involved with the outcome of what happened (the gamer woman and the robotnik) disappear after that chapter is over didn't help with that.
But, other than that, there is so much here, and it is so weird and so detailed (the options at the euthanasia park!) and so good. I didn't particularly connect with any of the characters, but I also didn't care about that (and like the circus in The Night Circus, the station here is probably the main character anyway).
It took me a few chapters to really dig into this, but other than that and the god artist thing, this is wonderful.
(Oh, and this is not particular profound, but it meant something to me: Coming back had felt like a weakness, a giving up, at first.)
But, other than that, there is so much here, and it is so weird and so detailed (the options at the euthanasia park!) and so good. I didn't particularly connect with any of the characters, but I also didn't care about that (and like the circus in The Night Circus, the station here is probably the main character anyway).
It took me a few chapters to really dig into this, but other than that and the god artist thing, this is wonderful.
(Oh, and this is not particular profound, but it meant something to me: Coming back had felt like a weakness, a giving up, at first.)