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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
it is so cool read futuristic speculative fiction that isn't dystopian! this book had me imagining things I never would have before. Highly recommend!
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
1.5 stars deducted for americans still being americans
hopeful
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Oh how I have talked about this book to anyone who would listen. A dystopian oral history of if we had a global insurrection that grew into a communized world in the 2050s-2070s.
Each interview is carefully chosen to show you a different part of what happened in “history”. You learn everything from the awful violence and death that happened (had to happen?) to get to the almost idealized world they are living in in “present day,” to the state of technology and current work needed to protect and preserve the environment. You learn about how society views gender and family constructs and how (potentially) life does not have to revolve around money and wealth disparity.
I’d say this felt hopeful, in that maybe just maybe there’s a way we could have a future that’s completely different than what we experience today, and how technology can be used for good. However, there would have to be a lot of violence and destruction (and time!) to get there.
Highly recommend.
Each interview is carefully chosen to show you a different part of what happened in “history”. You learn everything from the awful violence and death that happened (had to happen?) to get to the almost idealized world they are living in in “present day,” to the state of technology and current work needed to protect and preserve the environment. You learn about how society views gender and family constructs and how (potentially) life does not have to revolve around money and wealth disparity.
I’d say this felt hopeful, in that maybe just maybe there’s a way we could have a future that’s completely different than what we experience today, and how technology can be used for good. However, there would have to be a lot of violence and destruction (and time!) to get there.
Highly recommend.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As I’ve thought more and more about this—and as I’ve gone back to do a closer reading of particular parts—I’ve concluded that this is a bigger accomplishment as a work of fiction than I initially had thought. However, I’m frustrated by the seeming refusal to incorporate any plot or conflict beyond overwrought explanations on the part of the “interviewees” and inconsequential offenses committed by the “interviewers.”
Interesting ideas and tantalizing glimpses of what COULD have been a great, straightforward account of how we got to a dramatically-reshaped 2070 New York City.
Overall: 3.25; read only if particularly enamored with the premise as stated on the cover.
Interesting ideas and tantalizing glimpses of what COULD have been a great, straightforward account of how we got to a dramatically-reshaped 2070 New York City.
Overall: 3.25; read only if particularly enamored with the premise as stated on the cover.
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
2.5. would have been higher but for one chapter that absolutely infuriated me.