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A review by whatsmacksaid
The Native Star by M.K. Hobson
4.0
"The Native Star" is a fun, relatively lightweight read that I enjoyed far more than I expected to. (I'd read somewhere that it was awful and a friend told me she hadn't liked it, but by that point I'd already bought my copy, so...) The relationship arcs are subtle and intriguing, as is the idea of credomancy (where popular belief literally affects who is possible of what and by what means).
There's a strong pro-environmental moral in here, but I rather liked how it was portrayed. Those who believed in TNS's "climate change" responded in the same dismissive way that many non-believers in our world do. That's another thing Hobson is really, really good at: showing us true reactions, motions and/or things I could point to and say, "Yes, I've seen someone say that about climate change," or "Yes, men have said that same thing to me before," etc. For all the magic and the far-away world of post-Civil War America, mostly everything was relateable.
All in all, I'm glad I bought it and its sequel, "The Hidden Goddess," at the same time. I have every intention of diving right into the second book as well as (at some point in the future) returning to reread TNS.
There's a strong pro-environmental moral in here, but I rather liked how it was portrayed. Those who believed in TNS's "climate change" responded in the same dismissive way that many non-believers in our world do. That's another thing Hobson is really, really good at: showing us true reactions, motions and/or things I could point to and say, "Yes, I've seen someone say that about climate change," or "Yes, men have said that same thing to me before," etc. For all the magic and the far-away world of post-Civil War America, mostly everything was relateable.
All in all, I'm glad I bought it and its sequel, "The Hidden Goddess," at the same time. I have every intention of diving right into the second book as well as (at some point in the future) returning to reread TNS.