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dalet3 's review for:
The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi
As with his Windup Girl (but not Ship Breaker curiously) I found it quite slow to get going but when it does, very gripping. This is the same post-oil world of those books and shares the character Tool from Ship Breaker although it's intriguingly unclear as to whether this takes place before or after that story.
I'm not sure why i find them so difficult to get into at first but suspect that his strength is in plotting rather than exposition or character .. although the world and the people to people it that he has created are fascinating so ... ? Maybe too fascinating. I had similar issues with Tolkien to be honest so he's in good company.
I'm not sure why i find them so difficult to get into at first but suspect that his strength is in plotting rather than exposition or character .. although the world and the people to people it that he has created are fascinating so ... ? Maybe too fascinating. I had similar issues with Tolkien to be honest so he's in good company.