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A review by book_geek96
新世界より [Shinsekai Yori] by Yusuke Kishi
5.0
What a book! That was a monster, with 900+ pages.. Took me so long to finally finish it. But it was absolutely worth it.
I watched the anime version first and fell in love with it, so I decided to look for the actual novel. It wasn't translated officially, that's why I read fan translation.
The worldbuilding is stunning! The author constructed all the things related to a "new world", from history to biology of this world. It was rich, detailed and interesting to read about brand new world in the future. And with all the tranquility and peacefulness of this world, the plot twist comes when you realize that the world is not as innocent as you thought. I really love utopia-turn-dystopia books and this story delivers it good. The truth was chilling and horrifying.
The plot is amazing. Sure, there were some boring long parts, but generally, it was full of excitement and mystery. The whole novel consists of three parts, combining the childhood, teen years and adulthood of the characters. The idea of "cantus" ( psychokinetic powers), minoshiro and other genetically engineered animals, death feedback (attack inhibition) was used so cleverly that you wouldn't even question it. There were plot twists at each parts and heart-breaking events. The book was incredibly depressing...
The characters were great, especially the main ones. I really loved Satoru, Shun, Saki and Maria. Their friendship, love and support were too strong, although sad things kept happening. So sad that I didn't want to believe it. Here, the fine line between villain and hero was erased, giving us a really complicated story.
There were some intimate moments and some kind of new things that is not quite right for our current society, however they were what made the book interesting and fresh. Honestly, it was one of my favorite science-fiction novels of all time!
I watched the anime version first and fell in love with it, so I decided to look for the actual novel. It wasn't translated officially, that's why I read fan translation.
The worldbuilding is stunning! The author constructed all the things related to a "new world", from history to biology of this world. It was rich, detailed and interesting to read about brand new world in the future. And with all the tranquility and peacefulness of this world, the plot twist comes when you realize that the world is not as innocent as you thought. I really love utopia-turn-dystopia books and this story delivers it good. The truth was chilling and horrifying.
The plot is amazing. Sure, there were some boring long parts, but generally, it was full of excitement and mystery. The whole novel consists of three parts, combining the childhood, teen years and adulthood of the characters. The idea of "cantus" ( psychokinetic powers), minoshiro and other genetically engineered animals, death feedback (attack inhibition) was used so cleverly that you wouldn't even question it. There were plot twists at each parts and heart-breaking events. The book was incredibly depressing...
The characters were great, especially the main ones. I really loved Satoru, Shun, Saki and Maria. Their friendship, love and support were too strong, although sad things kept happening. So sad that I didn't want to believe it. Here, the fine line between villain and hero was erased, giving us a really complicated story.
There were some intimate moments and some kind of new things that is not quite right for our current society, however they were what made the book interesting and fresh. Honestly, it was one of my favorite science-fiction novels of all time!