sunleaves 's review for:

Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi

5.0

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I read Little Mushroom in 48 hours. It’s a bleak and unforgiving apocalyptic world that examines what it means to be human. It asks interesting questions about what humanity is willing to sacrifice to remain “human” and preserve “humanity”. An Zhe is little mushroom that helps the reader observe this violent world. Lu Feng is a cog in the military machine protecting “humanity” by killing all those that don’t make the cut. I love and hate his character, but he is brilliantly written. His character arc is subtle and feels a bit incomplete. The ending is a bit of a sudden tonal shift that didn’t seem to fit with the rest of the novel, but I love a happy ending. I’ll be thinking about these books for a long time.