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laureads34's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
sunflower_mar's review against another edition
adventurous
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? Yes
5.0
elreichle's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
zeno396's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
lixard's review against another edition
3.5
Great introduction to solarpunk, a concept I was introduced to in Pop Culture Detective's episode on it. Recommend that podcast and episode, and this short story as an introduction into solarpunk. A more humanist solution/approach to solving climate change than the 1 miraculous technology that will change the world.
alju2404's review against another edition
5.0
This was amazing!!! I agree so much with the author, yes, let's get rid of them all! I bet the pandemic will go away with them.
fedak's review against another edition
1.0
So bad it made me not just want my money back- but made me angry that I wasn't compensated for my time reading it.
An incredibly ham fisted social justice sermon masquerading as a poorly executed science fiction. Remember the scene in Mad Men where Paul pitches the incredibly hack 'Negron Complex' Star Trek script to Don? This is on that level of cringe.
The Earth is being destroyed due to climate change and the 1% shuffle off to an extra-terrestrial Galt's Gulch- where they set up an even more inequal society where literally only social elite have skin at all. Fast forward some number of centuries and we find that the elite from the Gulch are sending lower class dredges back to Earth to retrieve stem cells (or baby's blood or whatever the Snowpiercer style MacGuffin was) needed to keep their colony going. The dredge discovers that rather than becoming an environmental wasteland, the Earth miraculously recovered and became a egalitarian utopia as soon as the 1% departed
And to top it off, the narrative mostly consists of the thoughts of the peasant on its trip back to Earth- and this is accompanied by a running commentary of an AI that was sent along with him that might be the most cringeworthy hack 'evil elite' stereotype I've seen in print.
An incredibly ham fisted social justice sermon masquerading as a poorly executed science fiction. Remember the scene in Mad Men where Paul pitches the incredibly hack 'Negron Complex' Star Trek script to Don? This is on that level of cringe.
The Earth is being destroyed due to climate change and the 1% shuffle off to an extra-terrestrial Galt's Gulch- where they set up an even more inequal society where literally only social elite have skin at all. Fast forward some number of centuries and we find that the elite from the Gulch are sending lower class dredges back to Earth to retrieve stem cells (or baby's blood or whatever the Snowpiercer style MacGuffin was) needed to keep their colony going. The dredge discovers that rather than becoming an environmental wasteland, the Earth miraculously recovered and became a egalitarian utopia as soon as the 1% departed
And to top it off, the narrative mostly consists of the thoughts of the peasant on its trip back to Earth- and this is accompanied by a running commentary of an AI that was sent along with him that might be the most cringeworthy hack 'evil elite' stereotype I've seen in print.
effaly's review against another edition
1.0
This is the first and last book I read by this author. It started really good, and I really liked the overall premise, but the political non-sense started. The way the two extremist groups are portrayed is laughable and could be something straight from Twitter.
aberthold's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
5.0