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beccaelizabethI tried to read this without having a break for sleep etc, which was not wise. But you always want to know what happens next. And it made me feel a lot of stuff, so a lot of staring into space slowed down my expected reading speed compared to the page count. So, want to read the next bit teamed up with trying to deal with the last bit, until sleep had to happen.
This is a good book, dealing with big things. Radicalisation and genocide, it says in the trigger warnings at the front, and a lot of other things as well. The warnings are clear and necessary and you should give a good think to if you're in a place to deal with all that or yoy'll bounce off the book at least.
But it's also a fast paced adventure with a strong point of view character whose personal limitations are why she learns about her world along with the reader, and then breaks out of the constraints she learned. Character growth is primary, big fight scenes are what's happening at the time. It's all vivid and clear, and that's often why I ended up needing a minute before I turned the page.
It even had a good answer to the whole 'why are the teenagers dealing with this' thing. And every time it seems like the math doesnt work out that is in fact a Clue, and the worldbuilding follows through on clues.
This book starts out in such an extreme place it seems difficult to imagine being anywhere close, but it has got plenty to say to the impulse to figure out who is the bad guy and where to punch. It's a strong story.
This is a good book, dealing with big things. Radicalisation and genocide, it says in the trigger warnings at the front, and a lot of other things as well. The warnings are clear and necessary and you should give a good think to if you're in a place to deal with all that or yoy'll bounce off the book at least.
But it's also a fast paced adventure with a strong point of view character whose personal limitations are why she learns about her world along with the reader, and then breaks out of the constraints she learned. Character growth is primary, big fight scenes are what's happening at the time. It's all vivid and clear, and that's often why I ended up needing a minute before I turned the page.
It even had a good answer to the whole 'why are the teenagers dealing with this' thing. And every time it seems like the math doesnt work out that is in fact a Clue, and the worldbuilding follows through on clues.
This book starts out in such an extreme place it seems difficult to imagine being anywhere close, but it has got plenty to say to the impulse to figure out who is the bad guy and where to punch. It's a strong story.