“This is the first thing I remember when I begin to cohere in unity: a woman standing at a railing, peering down into the vats at the final bottom of Bloom City--and a man in a cramped air transport lavatory, watching his reflection in the scuffed plastic mirror point a wave pistol at its own head.“
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Another #SubjectiveChaosKindOfAwards title. Been after this for a while, excited to dive in!
so-soFor some reason, I just didn't care about the characters in this book or what would ultimately happen to them. The premise was interesting--a person cut off from the nanotech-enabled unified consciousness of which they'd been a part seeks to find and reunify with their whole--but there were a couple of clonky reveals and a deus ex machina moment that just didn't fly. I finished it, but my overall feeling was meh.
bailedThis novel should be right in my sweet spot: a post-apocalyptic cyber-punkish thriller described as somewhere between Mad Max & Sense8. But at about 1/3 in, it was too grim even for me (so grim!), so I decided to bail. I guess I was hoping for more Sens8* and less Mad Max. I need my dystopian wasteland future-punk mixed with a little more hope & joy apparently, and maybe an occasional dance party/orgy thrown in for good measure!
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