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A review by julianirwin
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
4.0
Amnesia. A bleak, polluted, infested cityscape whose only refuge is carved into
the depths of a landfill. A life subjugated to the rule of grotesque,
monstrous, gene spliced, frankensteinian monsters. A godzilla battle. A couple
whose relationship harbours deep, deep secrets, waiting to be uncrated. All of
these sum up to Vandermeer at his finest!
Borne is less fragmented and experimental than previous works of JVM, like City
of Saints and Madmen or Annihilation. It's not some grand metaphor, it's not
selling a point of view, it's just a story about a sort of family living in a
post-pandora's-box world. I think it would make a great starting point for
someone getting into the whole "New Weird" thing.
Props to JVM for creating a rich, unique world, distinguishable from the herd
of apocolyptic visions being written into novels each year. Plus, the author
respects the reader enough to just toss her into the new world, leaving her to
piece things together on her own.
the depths of a landfill. A life subjugated to the rule of grotesque,
monstrous, gene spliced, frankensteinian monsters. A godzilla battle. A couple
whose relationship harbours deep, deep secrets, waiting to be uncrated. All of
these sum up to Vandermeer at his finest!
Borne is less fragmented and experimental than previous works of JVM, like City
of Saints and Madmen or Annihilation. It's not some grand metaphor, it's not
selling a point of view, it's just a story about a sort of family living in a
post-pandora's-box world. I think it would make a great starting point for
someone getting into the whole "New Weird" thing.
Props to JVM for creating a rich, unique world, distinguishable from the herd
of apocolyptic visions being written into novels each year. Plus, the author
respects the reader enough to just toss her into the new world, leaving her to
piece things together on her own.