A review by adj1920
The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North

2.0

I've read and loved several other books by Claire North, but this one just didn't do it for me. The frequent injections of stream of consciousness got old pretty quickly. I didn't really connect to the character, and her circumstances felt contrived. Huge spoiler ahead:

Spoiler

We never find out why Hope is the way she is, we never find out how the Perfect treatments made Parker memorable, and Hope never gets fixed, although she does reunite with her little sister.

Between Hope's personal issues and the larger problem she gets drawn into I got to the end of the book feeling like I had read two (maybe even three) different stories and not gotten a proper ending for any of them. The book raises very interesting points, like all of Claire North's books do, about how we live our lives and what gives them meaning, but I wish it had told a more engaging story along the way. That being said, if this is your first time reading Claire North I highly encourage you to try one of her other books.