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A review by jaepingsu
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
4.0
While this wasn't quite as hard to put down for me as the Southern Reach trilogy, the world here was still really fascinating and I loved the themes of what it means to be "human" throughout. All three central characters grapple with this concept in different ways and their relationships with each other really cemented my enjoyment of this.
I loved the worldbuilding in here! The post-apocalyptic setting was well-done and fairly unique. The world has fallen apart, the meddling of The Company has left the unnamed city this is set in full of spliced up "biotech" monsters, and humanity is left scavenging to survive in ruins.
The pacing here is on the slow side of things as a lot of this just spends time developing the characters, but things definitely picked up in pace about halfway through and especially for the last third.
I loved the worldbuilding in here! The post-apocalyptic setting was well-done and fairly unique. The world has fallen apart, the meddling of The Company has left the unnamed city this is set in full of spliced up "biotech" monsters, and humanity is left scavenging to survive in ruins.
The pacing here is on the slow side of things as a lot of this just spends time developing the characters, but things definitely picked up in pace about halfway through and especially for the last third.