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A review by lizshayne
City of Orange by David Yoon
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This book was brought to you by my ongoing tendency to assume that I’ll like an author if I like their spouse’s work. It’s actually not a bad system.
This book is deceptive and I don’t know if I would have grabbed it now if I’d known a bit more about the content and also I liked the story it told as much as the story it was pretending to be telling.
Like - the end of the world as character exploration is a good genre and part of me wishes I grabbed something off my shelf with like slightly lower stakes and also, I mean, it worked out okay. And the things that he doesn’t quite say but let you imagine the connections between and the choice to open the book in 2010…it does a lot without doing a lot in the story and I’m surprised at how much it rewards reflection.Knowledge is knowing that the world of the story is not a dystopia. Wisdom is recognizing that just because it is our world of 2010 doesn’t mean it’s not a dystopia. This is the kind of story where if you think the point is the reveal, you miss the point.
This book is deceptive and I don’t know if I would have grabbed it now if I’d known a bit more about the content and also I liked the story it told as much as the story it was pretending to be telling.
Like - the end of the world as character exploration is a good genre and part of me wishes I grabbed something off my shelf with like slightly lower stakes and also, I mean, it worked out okay. And the things that he doesn’t quite say but let you imagine the connections between and the choice to open the book in 2010…it does a lot without doing a lot in the story and I’m surprised at how much it rewards reflection.