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A review by sanjubee
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
1.0
Honestly, this would have been a DNF from me if I hadn't taken it on a trip as my plane read. I truly disliked this book. Every character was dislikable, the POVs for half the characters were extremely repetitive, and I'm baffled by the choice to use a scifi futuristic setting as the backdrop for average, predictable teenage drama.
The fact that these characters all live in a super-skyscraper really means nothing, since it just translates to same "uptown-downtown" classism with very little nuance. I would even say the way Rylin and Watt's storylines were written was downright racist: Watt is described a Middle Eastern and uses his genius with computers to commit crimes on the dark web, while Rylin is a mixed-race maid who turns to stealing. Don't even get me started on the Yikes that was her romance with Cord, aka her boss who basically tries to buy her affection (and it works??) And this isn't even touching Avery, who is described as genetically perfect in every way: so of course that means she has white features, blonde hair, etc.
The fact that these characters all live in a super-skyscraper really means nothing, since it just translates to same "uptown-downtown" classism with very little nuance. I would even say the way Rylin and Watt's storylines were written was downright racist: Watt is described a Middle Eastern and uses his genius with computers to commit crimes on the dark web, while Rylin is a mixed-race maid who turns to stealing. Don't even get me started on the Yikes that was her romance with Cord, aka her boss who basically tries to buy her affection (and it works??) And this isn't even touching Avery, who is described as genetically perfect in every way: so of course that means she has white features, blonde hair, etc.