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A review by pvp_niki
Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri
5.0
This was an amazing introduction for me to the solarpunk genre, which I've been so much craving for!
When I saw solarpunk mixed with reincarnation I wanted to read it instantly. Especially since it deals with what happens if you find out that you were a terrible person in your past life, terrible not in the sense as an awkward neighbor but like war-crime levels.
If you expect a diverse read of feasible-looking positive climate fiction with elaboration in the social and moral implications of reincarnation being scientifically proven, go for it right now!
I didn't know what to expect from this book, but I certainly didn't expect the lot of different themes introduced as the implications of a technology that can tell who you were in your past life. I don't like when a scifi takes one extremely groundbreaking technology and only cares about one aspect of its consequences, usually the coolest or most dangerous effects, ignoring all other implications that'd affect the smallest things in everyday life and especially how the society changes.
Another Life shows us this technology at the very beginning, right after discovery when only the members of this solarpunk community are aware it exists and try it. And even now in this early stage of this technology the plot revolves around how it affects people's lives, relationships, social hierarchy and such.
Also, it was intriguing to read about a protagonist who is a mediator of such community and the worldbuilding elements were nicely blended into the plot points originating from her position.
At first I felt sceptic about how reincarnation would be explained in a scifi but it was explained with a really credible mix of genetics and quantum mechanics so I can absolutely recommend this book even if you are afraid of esoteric pseudoscience talk because this story doesn't feel like that.
The cast is diverse in ethnicity, age, disabilities, gender and sexuality.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.
When I saw solarpunk mixed with reincarnation I wanted to read it instantly. Especially since it deals with what happens if you find out that you were a terrible person in your past life, terrible not in the sense as an awkward neighbor but like war-crime levels.
If you expect a diverse read of feasible-looking positive climate fiction with elaboration in the social and moral implications of reincarnation being scientifically proven, go for it right now!
I didn't know what to expect from this book, but I certainly didn't expect the lot of different themes introduced as the implications of a technology that can tell who you were in your past life. I don't like when a scifi takes one extremely groundbreaking technology and only cares about one aspect of its consequences, usually the coolest or most dangerous effects, ignoring all other implications that'd affect the smallest things in everyday life and especially how the society changes.
Another Life shows us this technology at the very beginning, right after discovery when only the members of this solarpunk community are aware it exists and try it. And even now in this early stage of this technology the plot revolves around how it affects people's lives, relationships, social hierarchy and such.
Also, it was intriguing to read about a protagonist who is a mediator of such community and the worldbuilding elements were nicely blended into the plot points originating from her position.
At first I felt sceptic about how reincarnation would be explained in a scifi but it was explained with a really credible mix of genetics and quantum mechanics so I can absolutely recommend this book even if you are afraid of esoteric pseudoscience talk because this story doesn't feel like that.
The cast is diverse in ethnicity, age, disabilities, gender and sexuality.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.