allisonsmith120's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Animal death and War
queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
3 ⭐ CW: dog death, grief
"The longer I live, the more I think our big mistakes are not about having bad intentions, but just not paying attention. Just bumbling along, a little self absorbed. Plus a few major assholes."
Midnight at the Electric is a historical fiction/scifi story that spans three women in three different times. I got this from a book subscription box a while back.
We start out with Adri is 2065 who is on her way to stay with a long lost cousin in Kansas after she is chosen to become a colonist on Mars. Adri has no other family and I thought she was neurodivergent coded. Adri is prickly and awkward while her 107 year old cousin Lily is silly, talkative, and lovable. Adri finds some old letters and a journal that belonged to the people who lived there before Lily. These letters gave Adri insight into her own family history.
Through the journal we learn about Catherine, a girl living on that very farm in 1934 during the Dust Bowl. Cathy is desperate leave to save her younger sister from dying of dust pneumonia. It's from this journal we learn that Cathy was the one to find those letters from the 1920s and learns a secret that takes her and her sister away from Kansas.
Meanwhile, in the letters we follow Lenore in England who is writing to her best friend Beth on that farm in Kansas. I suspect that Lenore is on the aromantic spectrum and has a queer platonic relationship with Beth.
For me this book was just...fine. That's it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. I just felt bored and couldn't seem to care what happened to the characters. I think it suffers from being too short, we didn't get enough time with each of the characters to explore who they are what their relationships are like. I think if you're looking for a short easy read of generational stories, you might like this, I just wanted more.
"The longer I live, the more I think our big mistakes are not about having bad intentions, but just not paying attention. Just bumbling along, a little self absorbed. Plus a few major assholes."
Midnight at the Electric is a historical fiction/scifi story that spans three women in three different times. I got this from a book subscription box a while back.
We start out with Adri is 2065 who is on her way to stay with a long lost cousin in Kansas after she is chosen to become a colonist on Mars. Adri has no other family and I thought she was neurodivergent coded. Adri is prickly and awkward while her 107 year old cousin Lily is silly, talkative, and lovable. Adri finds some old letters and a journal that belonged to the people who lived there before Lily. These letters gave Adri insight into her own family history.
Through the journal we learn about Catherine, a girl living on that very farm in 1934 during the Dust Bowl. Cathy is desperate leave to save her younger sister from dying of dust pneumonia. It's from this journal we learn that Cathy was the one to find those letters from the 1920s and learns a secret that takes her and her sister away from Kansas.
Meanwhile, in the letters we follow Lenore in England who is writing to her best friend Beth on that farm in Kansas. I suspect that Lenore is on the aromantic spectrum and has a queer platonic relationship with Beth.
For me this book was just...fine. That's it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. I just felt bored and couldn't seem to care what happened to the characters. I think it suffers from being too short, we didn't get enough time with each of the characters to explore who they are what their relationships are like. I think if you're looking for a short easy read of generational stories, you might like this, I just wanted more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Grief
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