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A review by tsentas
The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones
4.0
A dystopian novel with grand aspirations and several plot twists that make it an enjoyable read overall. However it offers a rather bleak commentary about human nature and society, and our ability to overcome our own flaws for the collective good. While there have been comparisons of this book to the excellent Station Eleven, I found this novel to conclude on a less hopeful and more resigned note.
On the whole it seems that self-interest is the primary motivation for its characters and that in the end that's plenty of justification for doing what we think is right for ourselves and those we love, since that's all we can really hope to influence or control.
On the whole it seems that self-interest is the primary motivation for its characters and that in the end that's plenty of justification for doing what we think is right for ourselves and those we love, since that's all we can really hope to influence or control.