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A review by tansy
Wander (Dicebox, #1) by Jenn Manley Lee
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
3.0
As a sort of new year's resolution I promised myself that this year I would read 12 books that have sat unread on my shelves for more than a year. Some of them have been there for many years! This is the first one I tackled, I've owned it for 8 years without doing more than flick through it, and reading it brought home how my tastes have changed and how the world has changed in the last 8 years.
"Dicebox: Wander" is a very slow-paced, slice-of-life story about two women, Griffen and Molly, migrant workers who travel the universe looking for work. It's nominally science-fiction, but its focus is firmly on the characters looking for work, food and a place to sleep alongside their network of friends and lovers. The plot really only starts to appear in the last couple of chapters as figures from Griffen's past show up. It's fine; if you like a meandering story with rich world-building you will probably enjoy this.
My biggest problem with this series is that it's still unfinished. "Dicebox" is actually a webcomic and Lee apparently has 4 books planned out. The first book, "Wander", was released in print form in 2012. It looks as though the second book, "Chase", is not quite finished now, in 2021. At the current rate of progress I guess you can expect to finish "Dicebox" some time in the 2040s?
"Dicebox: Wander" is a very slow-paced, slice-of-life story about two women, Griffen and Molly, migrant workers who travel the universe looking for work. It's nominally science-fiction, but its focus is firmly on the characters looking for work, food and a place to sleep alongside their network of friends and lovers. The plot really only starts to appear in the last couple of chapters as figures from Griffen's past show up. It's fine; if you like a meandering story with rich world-building you will probably enjoy this.
My biggest problem with this series is that it's still unfinished. "Dicebox" is actually a webcomic and Lee apparently has 4 books planned out. The first book, "Wander", was released in print form in 2012. It looks as though the second book, "Chase", is not quite finished now, in 2021. At the current rate of progress I guess you can expect to finish "Dicebox" some time in the 2040s?