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x0pherl 's review for:
The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Shipbreaker world is not quite as compelling to me as the Windup Girl world, and the first few expository chapters in this book are a bit tedious.
But once Bacigalupi gets going, this book is hard to put down. The story moves, and is moving- he breaks down the child soldier experience from the inside and outside in a very compelling way that seems genuine.
I would have liked to see (especially given the YA nature of this book) an afterward or some sort of mention that some of the things mentioned in the book are happening today in the real world.
But once Bacigalupi gets going, this book is hard to put down. The story moves, and is moving- he breaks down the child soldier experience from the inside and outside in a very compelling way that seems genuine.
I would have liked to see (especially given the YA nature of this book) an afterward or some sort of mention that some of the things mentioned in the book are happening today in the real world.