Slow start to a blazing (but potentially unpopular) finish
The first half is slow. Like, really slow, and unfortunately the digital review copy I had didn't have the finalized formatting, which made the experience a little bit more difficult. I could have done with much more imagery - specifically in the bleakness of Cee's island home.
However, as soon as we hit the halfway point, I was swept up in our characters and the impossible choices they're faced with. We get a really climactic moment/discovery at about 60% and I was practically pulling at my hair like "how do we have so much book left when THIS is going on?"
I will warn potential readers: the book involves significant ecological collapse. There is massive loss of human life (due to environmental disaster and the inability of people in charge to come up with decisive and effective plans of action), the discussion of generational privilege, and the psychology of policy decisions (ie which truths are told and which probabilities are shared). It's a little hard to read in the context of being over a year into a global pandemic, but it brings up fascinating sociopolitical questions.
There will be a lot of people who hate the ending though.
However, as soon as we hit the halfway point, I was swept up in our characters and the impossible choices they're faced with. We get a really climactic moment/discovery at about 60% and I was practically pulling at my hair like "how do we have so much book left when THIS is going on?"
I will warn potential readers: the book involves significant ecological collapse. There is massive loss of human life (due to environmental disaster and the inability of people in charge to come up with decisive and effective plans of action), the discussion of generational privilege, and the psychology of policy decisions (ie which truths are told and which probabilities are shared). It's a little hard to read in the context of being over a year into a global pandemic, but it brings up fascinating sociopolitical questions.
There will be a lot of people who hate the ending though.