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blrobin2's Reviews (550)
Police murder innocent people. When it happens to one woman's partner, she decides to take violent action. Regardless of how you feel about her actions, the fact remains that police murder innocent people and get away with it. Shouldn't there be some justice for those lives lost? This story is one character's concept of justice followed through and the consequences she faces for it.
I wanted to rate this higher but didn't because I think the politics of the story are a bit too muddy and it messes up the conversation the book is trying to have with its readers. Regardless, I'd still recommend it
I wanted to rate this higher but didn't because I think the politics of the story are a bit too muddy and it messes up the conversation the book is trying to have with its readers. Regardless, I'd still recommend it
I wanted to like this collection so much more. The ideas are incredible and fun, but their development range from exciting to excruciating. I guess that's what happens with sci-fi over time: we sort of know what to expect from some stories, and waiting for the story to unveil its answer, however exciting, becomes tedious.
I still think it's worth reading, and some of the stories are incredible. Also, you may feel differently than I, so check it out
I still think it's worth reading, and some of the stories are incredible. Also, you may feel differently than I, so check it out
I love the concept and the world, and I enjoy many plot points, but the book spent little time in the most interesting areas of the story: namely, the descent and regression that the main character was following.
Instead, a major portion of the story is taken up by Strangeman, a character we are meant to find baffling and horrifying, only to see lifted up as a hero by those who had not been taken up by the world’s regression; a character that is too obviously motivated from a thematic standpoint and made the book less enjoyable for me.
There is a version of this story that skips the Strangeman portion and goes into the south, and internalizes the drama and horror, but maybe that’s too obvious and trite, or maybe the author tried and found the weirdness of the Strangeman encounters more compelling.
The book also suffers from its age in the racist portrayal of Strangerman’s crew, which only further takes away from the parts of the novel.
Overall, there’s enough here for me to enjoy but not necessarily for me to recommend
Instead, a major portion of the story is taken up by Strangeman, a character we are meant to find baffling and horrifying, only to see lifted up as a hero by those who had not been taken up by the world’s regression; a character that is too obviously motivated from a thematic standpoint and made the book less enjoyable for me.
There is a version of this story that skips the Strangeman portion and goes into the south, and internalizes the drama and horror, but maybe that’s too obvious and trite, or maybe the author tried and found the weirdness of the Strangeman encounters more compelling.
The book also suffers from its age in the racist portrayal of Strangerman’s crew, which only further takes away from the parts of the novel.
Overall, there’s enough here for me to enjoy but not necessarily for me to recommend