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avesmaria's review against another edition
4.0
Grim, but really inventive. A coincidentally great chaser to Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds.
ivylee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
its_beans's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
0.25
This read was so painful.
mvmcginley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
1.75
lifepluspreston's review
4.0
After World by Debbie Urbanski--I was expecting a fairly typical YA dystopian novel with this. The concept is simple--humanity has become largely involuntarily sterilized by a malicious (or benevolent) AI, and world governments are collaborating to create Departments of Transition to rid the world of humanity, moving everyone to a virtual cloud so that the earth can exist in peace. However, the story is told experimentally, through the lens of a different AI system assigned to craft narratives about the human experience. As the AI writes more and more about the last human on earth, it starts inserting itself into the story more and more. The result is a beautiful book, similar to World War Z in some respects such as the variety of first- and second- hand sources used to "craft" the narrative, but entirely its own thing as well. Thumbs up.
pearl_arow's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
5.0