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nssutton 's review for:
The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi
I didn't like it as much as I loved Ship Breaker and for the same reasons I didn't like Chris Cleave's Little Bee, which I feel are quite similar. At least they are for me, both being books that I read during times of great change in my own life, that were perhaps more violent than I'd anticipated, where a character loses a finger. And then I feel badly for not liking them, because I know they are good books, well written, and finely done, so I know that the something wrong is really me.
It's always hard to tell if I am adverse to these books from being in an itchy, anxious mood myself, or if reading books like these just builds that feeling in me. I don't always want a happy ending, but the deep sadness underlying this story was just a little bit more than I could take and enjoy.
I did, however, like reading about kudzu and the way in which The Drowned Cities were physically described. Maybe I will stick with softer stories until my move in complete in two weeks.
It's always hard to tell if I am adverse to these books from being in an itchy, anxious mood myself, or if reading books like these just builds that feeling in me. I don't always want a happy ending, but the deep sadness underlying this story was just a little bit more than I could take and enjoy.
I did, however, like reading about kudzu and the way in which The Drowned Cities were physically described. Maybe I will stick with softer stories until my move in complete in two weeks.