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A review by valkyrisms
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
4.0
this is the book that just keeps on giving and giving.
it begins with a haunting description of a dystopian landscape riddled with disease, classism, and poverty, an eerie parallel to our world and almost certainly a prediction our lives years from now. then we get characters with diverse genders, sexualities, and disabilities who are all fully fledged and have their own wants, needs, and motivations that drive the story forward. the entire time I was questioning how the POVs of five different people would eventually converge, and when they did I was blown away. the titular city miller creates doesn't rely heavily on huge chunks of exposition and world-building but seems real nonetheless. the plot is a creeping thing; things build very slowly and then happen all at once, and it is wonderful and exhilarating.
it begins with a haunting description of a dystopian landscape riddled with disease, classism, and poverty, an eerie parallel to our world and almost certainly a prediction our lives years from now. then we get characters with diverse genders, sexualities, and disabilities who are all fully fledged and have their own wants, needs, and motivations that drive the story forward. the entire time I was questioning how the POVs of five different people would eventually converge, and when they did I was blown away. the titular city miller creates doesn't rely heavily on huge chunks of exposition and world-building but seems real nonetheless. the plot is a creeping thing; things build very slowly and then happen all at once, and it is wonderful and exhilarating.