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A review by laileanah
Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
This audiobook was made available for me to listen to and review by Andrea Hairston, RB Media, and NetGalley.
This is a fun and unique novel, almost like a podcast in a way. This starts off with an ad for the Next World Festival. The Next World Festival is a celebration of life focusing on dance, storytelling, music, etc at this festival attendees both honor the past and dream the future. It's unique and I would LOVE to attend this festival! This is set in a dystopian future of water shortages and resulting wars and deep income and inequality and resource hoarding by the wealthy living in enclaves. This deals with how the world responds to these crisis's and the resulting societal mayhem. So we have joy and despair side by side and what it means to live in such harrowing times. I loved the nod to West African/Black Dysphoric and Native American/First Nations mythology and mythological beings. This is a fun festival set in an Octavia Butler dystopian future. Cinnamon has created a utopia inside of this dystopic hell scape. It reminded me a bit of Parable of the Talents' Acorn. A place where community means no one is left out and everyone respects and honors everyone else. This enclave is threatened and stressed by outside forces like the corporate spies and desperate folks. The novels tone is light allowing the stress of this world to feel manageable and dreamy. It's a heady stuff, almost a cozy dystopia🤔 What a fun and wild mix.
This novel is narrated by January LaVoy. January narrated an audiobook by Shari Lapena that I listened to awhile ago so I was already familiar with her work. Her ability to be light but serious was crucial to narrating a book like this. Cinnamon and her crew of 2 dogs and 3 circus-bots came to life with January's narration. It truly enhanced the listening experience.
Thank you to Andrea Hairston, RB Media, and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review this audiobook. All opinions and viewpoints expressed in this review are my own.
This is a fun and unique novel, almost like a podcast in a way. This starts off with an ad for the Next World Festival. The Next World Festival is a celebration of life focusing on dance, storytelling, music, etc at this festival attendees both honor the past and dream the future. It's unique and I would LOVE to attend this festival! This is set in a dystopian future of water shortages and resulting wars and deep income and inequality and resource hoarding by the wealthy living in enclaves. This deals with how the world responds to these crisis's and the resulting societal mayhem. So we have joy and despair side by side and what it means to live in such harrowing times. I loved the nod to West African/Black Dysphoric and Native American/First Nations mythology and mythological beings. This is a fun festival set in an Octavia Butler dystopian future. Cinnamon has created a utopia inside of this dystopic hell scape. It reminded me a bit of Parable of the Talents' Acorn. A place where community means no one is left out and everyone respects and honors everyone else. This enclave is threatened and stressed by outside forces like the corporate spies and desperate folks. The novels tone is light allowing the stress of this world to feel manageable and dreamy. It's a heady stuff, almost a cozy dystopia🤔 What a fun and wild mix.
This novel is narrated by January LaVoy. January narrated an audiobook by Shari Lapena that I listened to awhile ago so I was already familiar with her work. Her ability to be light but serious was crucial to narrating a book like this. Cinnamon and her crew of 2 dogs and 3 circus-bots came to life with January's narration. It truly enhanced the listening experience.
Thank you to Andrea Hairston, RB Media, and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review this audiobook. All opinions and viewpoints expressed in this review are my own.