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marvelarry's review
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Ceci n'est pas un roman
Si vous aimez les suites de considérations, ce livre est fait pour vous. Si vous aimez la littérature et les romans, abstenez vous.
Jamais l'auteur n'utilise correctement la prospective que permet le roman. Il explique son idée de façon ennuyeuse au possible et ne la met pas en pratique dans la fiction alors que c'est le but même lorsqu'on est censé écrire un roman de SF.
Les passages romancés présentent des éléments de vie assez peu passionnants dans la vie des personnages (à part au début) dont notamment un longuissime trek dans les alpes.
Un roman qui ne réussi en rien ce qu'il se propose de faire.
Jamais l'auteur n'utilise correctement la prospective que permet le roman. Il explique son idée de façon ennuyeuse au possible et ne la met pas en pratique dans la fiction alors que c'est le but même lorsqu'on est censé écrire un roman de SF.
Les passages romancés présentent des éléments de vie assez peu passionnants dans la vie des personnages (à part au début) dont notamment un longuissime trek dans les alpes.
Un roman qui ne réussi en rien ce qu'il se propose de faire.
mgildemeister's review against another edition
3.0
Decent depiction of the near future of climate change, before veering into a liberal’s wet dream. Bankers saving us! Ha!
vitasf's review against another edition
dark
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.75
juliciously's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
maryvdb2024's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 * This book brings home that climate change is real and immediate. The opening chapter is vivid and terrifying. We are at a critical time in human and planetary history where we are seeing the effects of climate change and this book extrapolates the future of our planet. A post capitalist world is seen as plausible and beneficial to humans and the planet. This is a novel of hope for a better future.
Reviewers have described this as a modernist, Sci-Fi, utopian, political novel. There are multiple voices and multiple perspectives. There are two main protagonists (Frank May and Mary Murphy) but really global society is the main protagonist. Set in the near future, financial innovations are key elements as are technologies already possible . Science plays a big role in Antartica and in innovations in travel but climate terrorists and drones also prevail.
J.R. Burgmann in Australian Book Review, October 2020 sums up: "Although the ministry – along with Frank May, the sole survivor of the novel’s opening climate horror – provides the novel with its recurring core of radical ideas, this only scratches the surface of Robinson’s remarkable achievement, a work sufficiently radical in form to convey both the immensity and the complexity of anthropogenic climate change, a world ‘trembling on the brink’. Told almost entirely through eyewitness accounts, dozens upon dozens of interlinked characters and events, the novel’s scale is exceptionally expansive, cycling kaleidoscopically through entire worlds: Mary’s ministry, Frank’s climate-induced PTSD, ecological destruction, climate catastrophes, eco-terrorism, clandestine government operations, geo-engineering and carbon drawdown projects, riddles told from the points of view of inanimate objects and matter, climate change refugees, the reconfiguration of the world’s banks and rewilding
movements, to mention just a few."
Many reviewers have said this novel is "naively optimistic". Robinson gives us a view of the future and responses to it that inspire a collective coming together of humans respecting other humans and our planet. I highly recommend this book and cannot stop thinking about its characters, themes and innovations. I loved the references to Jules Verne.
Reviewers have described this as a modernist, Sci-Fi, utopian, political novel. There are multiple voices and multiple perspectives. There are two main protagonists (Frank May and Mary Murphy) but really global society is the main protagonist. Set in the near future, financial innovations are key elements as are technologies already possible . Science plays a big role in Antartica and in innovations in travel but climate terrorists and drones also prevail.
J.R. Burgmann in Australian Book Review, October 2020 sums up: "Although the ministry – along with Frank May, the sole survivor of the novel’s opening climate horror – provides the novel with its recurring core of radical ideas, this only scratches the surface of Robinson’s remarkable achievement, a work sufficiently radical in form to convey both the immensity and the complexity of anthropogenic climate change, a world ‘trembling on the brink’. Told almost entirely through eyewitness accounts, dozens upon dozens of interlinked characters and events, the novel’s scale is exceptionally expansive, cycling kaleidoscopically through entire worlds: Mary’s ministry, Frank’s climate-induced PTSD, ecological destruction, climate catastrophes, eco-terrorism, clandestine government operations, geo-engineering and carbon drawdown projects, riddles told from the points of view of inanimate objects and matter, climate change refugees, the reconfiguration of the world’s banks and rewilding
movements, to mention just a few."
Many reviewers have said this novel is "naively optimistic". Robinson gives us a view of the future and responses to it that inspire a collective coming together of humans respecting other humans and our planet. I highly recommend this book and cannot stop thinking about its characters, themes and innovations. I loved the references to Jules Verne.
db1987's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
beecycling's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
algorithminflux's review against another edition
4.0
This book has truly inspired me to look into how I can contribute to the fight against the climate crisis. I think that was one of the author's goals, and boy, did it ever work for me.