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a nice, cozy read, but has unnatural pacing. very slow for most of the book with all the action packed into the last 50-60 pages. while i felt connected to the nari/rose character, and somewhat to the white alice pov, i wouldn't say i really cared about grant. it's not mentioned how he connects to the other povs until the last 10 or so pages, and i simply couldn't muster up enough feeling about him by then. on the other hand, i really liked rose and her cynical-but-actually‐caring persona. she was a well thought out character; i enjoyed her dynamic with her mother and simply the way her pov was written.
the white alice storyline was also quite intriguing—a self sustained feminist colony that murders and thieves to protect themselves—but we only get a glimpse of this. i especially like how their perspective is written in a sort of all-is-one way to represent the communal being of the the colony. most of the white alice sections are just slow background information, and i wish their dynamic was explored more instead because it's the most interesting part of the novel. i also felt that everything was a bit vague and understated, with the hows and whys of things remaining mostly unexplained.
overall, i'd say this was nice enough. something to distract yourself on a rainy summer afternoon.
3.5 stars
the white alice storyline was also quite intriguing—a self sustained feminist colony that murders and thieves to protect themselves—but we only get a glimpse of this. i especially like how their perspective is written in a sort of all-is-one way to represent the communal being of the the colony. most of the white alice sections are just slow background information, and i wish their dynamic was explored more instead because it's the most interesting part of the novel. i also felt that everything was a bit vague and understated, with the hows and whys of things remaining mostly unexplained.
overall, i'd say this was nice enough. something to distract yourself on a rainy summer afternoon.
3.5 stars