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scholarhect 's review for:
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
by Claire North
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
I remembered absolutely loving The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - and sure enough, checking now, I did rate that five stars (no review, of course; it was a 2016 x 52 books read, I didn't have time for reviews). This was good, but not quite as good, although I can't entirely say why since I don't recall anything about Harry August but that I loved it. A deeply ironic fact, given the plot of this one.
I imagine in 2016, this would have read like the plot of a Black Mirror episode. It still does, perhaps even more so; the grotesque encroachments social media and advertising have made into every aspect of life in the last seven years makes this a deeply uncomfortable read at times. It's entirely too easy to picture these events unfolding in real time, absolutely believable that people you know would attempt to attain the 106, the 206.
At times it was a wee bit contrived (Dollhouse did sleeper phrase cues perfectly, these fell slightly flat), but generally very well done and worth the read.
I imagine in 2016, this would have read like the plot of a Black Mirror episode. It still does, perhaps even more so; the grotesque encroachments social media and advertising have made into every aspect of life in the last seven years makes this a deeply uncomfortable read at times. It's entirely too easy to picture these events unfolding in real time, absolutely believable that people you know would attempt to attain the 106, the 206.
At times it was a wee bit contrived (Dollhouse did sleeper phrase cues perfectly, these fell slightly flat), but generally very well done and worth the read.