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A review by chaotic_reading
Hope, A History of the Future by G.G. Kellner
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
2.5
Based in precedent and scientific prediction, this book gives a fictional taste of what our world could become, due to the current projections of our political and environmental climates.
On a quiet afternoon, a history book from the future lands in the Denzell household. Over the next 24 hours, the book appears to each member of the family and shows them an aspect of what the world will come to look like by the year 2200. The novel brings up thought-provoking ideas of what is past, present, and future in an interesting and creative way.
I enjoyed the inclusion of resources in this novel, such as the content pages, timelines, and appendix of referenced sources. Additionally, the narrative of the history book is compelling. My favourite part of this novel would be Plato, the cat.
Aside from the overall concept of the story and Plato, there was not a lot additionally that I enjoyed. The writing of the Denzell family was very much tell and not show, and their presence was little more than as the vehicle to tell the story of the history of the future. I found myself annoyed being pulled out of the history and back to the Denzell's. With that being said, the book is not poorly written. There is an audience out there for this style of writing; I am just not that audience.
Thank you to NetGalley and SparkPress for providing me with an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.
On a quiet afternoon, a history book from the future lands in the Denzell household. Over the next 24 hours, the book appears to each member of the family and shows them an aspect of what the world will come to look like by the year 2200. The novel brings up thought-provoking ideas of what is past, present, and future in an interesting and creative way.
I enjoyed the inclusion of resources in this novel, such as the content pages, timelines, and appendix of referenced sources. Additionally, the narrative of the history book is compelling. My favourite part of this novel would be Plato, the cat.
Aside from the overall concept of the story and Plato, there was not a lot additionally that I enjoyed. The writing of the Denzell family was very much tell and not show, and their presence was little more than as the vehicle to tell the story of the history of the future. I found myself annoyed being pulled out of the history and back to the Denzell's. With that being said, the book is not poorly written. There is an audience out there for this style of writing; I am just not that audience.
Thank you to NetGalley and SparkPress for providing me with an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.