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A review by a_ab
The Education of Pip by Sarah Wallace
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
4.5
4.5*. This, so far, is my second favorite book in the series. Not as lovely as the first one was, but short, sweet and insightful.
This book tackles heavy topics, but in a safe idealized environment, and I love that approach so much! It enables a very focused discussion of very real issues. This fantasy setting a clever thought experiment that purposes a controlled environment of sorts and hypothesizes that even if we fix a bunch of issues our society perpetuates to complicate real world cases, there will still be a lot to deal with and think about, — so let's cut the extra drama and focus on those topics which remain universal even after the obvious nonsense is removed.
How much this story manages to explore and the depth of that exploration is astounding for such a short book.
And of top of all that, the book is just simply enjoyable and fun to read.
This book tackles heavy topics, but in a safe idealized environment, and I love that approach so much! It enables a very focused discussion of very real issues. This fantasy setting a clever thought experiment that purposes a controlled environment of sorts and hypothesizes that even if we fix a bunch of issues our society perpetuates to complicate real world cases, there will still be a lot to deal with and think about, — so let's cut the extra drama and focus on those topics which remain universal even after the obvious nonsense is removed.
How much this story manages to explore and the depth of that exploration is astounding for such a short book.
And of top of all that, the book is just simply enjoyable and fun to read.