A review by skywhales
The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson

reviewing another book i haven't read which is bad goodreads etiquette or something but URGH and BLEUGH and every other expression of disgust, i had to do something about my immense disappointment. i haven't had an author let me down this badly since she of the british child wizard books. and even in that scenario i wasn't that into those books in the first place because i'd kind of outgrown them. i loved everything i've ever read by shaun david hutchinson but knowing he wrote this appalling centrist ripoff of a book i already didn't like has pretty much permanently tainted my view of him. what a fucking disaster. i'd advise reading other reviews by people who more eloquently sum up the problems with this book, particularly poc pointing out the terrible handling of race throughout. just. ugh. wish i had known about this when it was released so i didn't waste my money on sdh's other books.