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A Country of Ghosts
by Margaret Killjoy
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Killjoy has a great gift for character voice, and it's quite a "voice-y" novel. At points, the story, the strongest part, sags, as the characters explain things in a tone clearly intended for the reader, rather than the other characters, but it's set in a genuinely interested and well-sketched worlds, with characters it's hard not to like. The MC is a journalist, and the journalistic voice is strong, a bit like a fantasy world version of George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. If you're interested in anarchism or non-hierarchical organisation but don't particularly enjoy reading theory or non-fiction, this is a great read, but if you're very familiar with the concepts and are hoping for a strong story in that world, this might lag a little.
This is compared often with The Dispossessed but I think that only has to them both being "about" anarchism in the loosest sense of the world. They have few similarities in tone, content or style.
This is compared often with The Dispossessed but I think that only has to them both being "about" anarchism in the loosest sense of the world. They have few similarities in tone, content or style.