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gillothen 's review for:
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
by Claire North
Another book in which Claire North explores, fascinatingly, the concept of identity - what does it mean to be a person, what makes us behave responsibly, what is morality? The central character, Hope, is unmemorable - quite literally. No-one can remember meeting her within minutes of an interaction. To survive she must steal, and her thefts bring her closer and closer to a deeply sinister and horribly credible social phenomenon. I felt there were strong echoes of the earlier books published under this name, and possibly of Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse". The style is sometimes challenging, but the narrative is gripping and the philosophcal issues demand thought.