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samwescott 's review for:
Before Mars
by Emma Newman
Absolutely stunning. Nobody does an unreliable narrator like Emma Newman, huh? This book was intriguing from start to finish. The suspense was well paced and the character work was intense, as always. I think the world these books are set in is the perfect type of near-future dystopia because it is such an attainable extremity. Like, it just makes sense that that’s what would go down and how technology would work. It’s a fantastic backdrop for these incredibly human stories.
Anna was an amazing character and she’s the reason I think of this book as my favorite from the series. As a childfree adult, I remember feeling so seen the first time I read this one and even as I grow older and hold less angst about it, the self-hatred and worry about not feeling what you think you should feel is still devastatingly relatable.
The dramatic irony throughout this book is so intense when the reader know about what happened in the finale of the last book, but those final chapters are shattering. I didn’t think she could get me again after After Atlas, but damn. I was got.
Anna was an amazing character and she’s the reason I think of this book as my favorite from the series. As a childfree adult, I remember feeling so seen the first time I read this one and even as I grow older and hold less angst about it, the self-hatred and worry about not feeling what you think you should feel is still devastatingly relatable.
The dramatic irony throughout this book is so intense when the reader know about what happened in the finale of the last book, but those final chapters are shattering. I didn’t think she could get me again after After Atlas, but damn. I was got.