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jaycatt7's review
2.0
Interesting alternate history. Plot full of action, natural beauty, conflict. The book is a moral quagmire with some powerful social commentary. 'Who could have imagined that exploiting land would lead to exploiting people? Greed may make you powerful, but not a hero.' On the other hand there's a lot of whining about the modern world and the people in it.
There are probably no appealing characters in this book, protagonists included. It's difficult in reading this to separate out the racisms of the characters (intense, medium, and light) from what may or may not be the author's politics. There's a lot of anti-PC backlash with a similar issue. There's one line where I'm not quite sure what racist thing he was trying to say (or have the character think).
I think this is my last Stirling novel. I held my nose at a few things in the Nantucket series, which I otherwise enjoyed, but this is too much.
There are probably no appealing characters in this book, protagonists included. It's difficult in reading this to separate out the racisms of the characters (intense, medium, and light) from what may or may not be the author's politics. There's a lot of anti-PC backlash with a similar issue. There's one line where I'm not quite sure what racist thing he was trying to say (or have the character think).
I think this is my last Stirling novel. I held my nose at a few things in the Nantucket series, which I otherwise enjoyed, but this is too much.
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