Review by cainnechwithdrawn - Midworld

cainnechwithdrawn 's review for:

Midworld by Alan Dean Foster

2.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

it’s cool to read fun descriptions of fantastical plants, fungus, animals, and blends thereof that reside in this seven story rain forest. I wish there were more descriptions of these creatures outside of how they’re used for the plot, many species are introduced with how the hunters use them for their own means, which seems to partially go against the big idea behind “emfol” a means of pseudo-communication or respect between human and plant. reading about these cool new creatures is sadly the most this book has going for it, you have to trudge through anti-Indigenous primitivism, slurs

from the bad guys<spoiler/> and sexist fighting over a girl tension to reach anything interesting about this planet’s ecosystem and society. the ending fight is kind of good in how characters are pitted against eachother. minor spoiler about the history of people on the planet:

it is no mistake that the group of “Natives” arrived to the planet 400 years ago and already forgot all that history in their oral tradition<spoiler/>

Content Warnings