bronwynmb's review
4.0
I heard of this in Monster, She Wrote and was intrigued. It was only $1 on kindle so here we are.
I think the tagline comparing this to The Hunger Games and The Man in the High Castle does it a disservice. There’re only vague similarities between this and either of those two. There is an alternate dimension or time travel; there is a sort of competition that the upper classes run, but it’s only briefly shown and is nothing like THG.
This is a really interesting earlyish fantasy/scifi. It’s a bit dated in places, but the concept is really interesting. I wanted more of Ulithia than we got, but the structure of 2118’s Philadelphia was pretty well done.
(I don’t usually picture characters as anyone specific, but I pictured Trenmore as Cleary from The Knick.)
I’m glad I read this. It is definitely worth the dollar.
I think the tagline comparing this to The Hunger Games and The Man in the High Castle does it a disservice. There’re only vague similarities between this and either of those two. There is an alternate dimension or time travel; there is a sort of competition that the upper classes run, but it’s only briefly shown and is nothing like THG.
This is a really interesting earlyish fantasy/scifi. It’s a bit dated in places, but the concept is really interesting. I wanted more of Ulithia than we got, but the structure of 2118’s Philadelphia was pretty well done.
(I don’t usually picture characters as anyone specific, but I pictured Trenmore as Cleary from The Knick.)
I’m glad I read this. It is definitely worth the dollar.
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