ichirofakename's review
3.0
Almost unreadably clipped. Who's talking? To whom? How much time has past? Etc.
Superb setting leads nowhere. Dystopian future lacks water, fetches icebergs and sends other water via special Water Train with auto-firing defensive weaponry.
Superb setting leads nowhere. Dystopian future lacks water, fetches icebergs and sends other water via special Water Train with auto-firing defensive weaponry.
georgiasharkey's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
livjhooper's review
3.0
I love Cynan Jones’ writing so I wanted to love this; but wanting didn’t make it so. I normally love me a disjointed, fragmented narrative, but something about this didn’t work for me. It felt like only some of the parts made a whole, and the other parts were just... there. The writing itself is beautiful as ever, unsurprisingly, but you can tell that it was written as separate pieces for Radio 4. I’d be intrigued to listen to it to see if it feels more cohesive when read out loud. The world building was almost there, but not fully realised - Stillicide feels like the first bricks of a great idea being built, and could make a wonderful full-length novel, but didn’t wholly work for me as a slim little thing.
lbw's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
I listened to the audiobook.
It was short which was the only reason I finished it.
I chose it for the cli-fi theme. It was too abstract for me. I thought that maybe I should have read instead of listened to this book, but then I found out this was originally produced as short pieces broadcast on the radio….so, maybe not.
It was short which was the only reason I finished it.
I chose it for the cli-fi theme. It was too abstract for me. I thought that maybe I should have read instead of listened to this book, but then I found out this was originally produced as short pieces broadcast on the radio….so, maybe not.
ipb1's review
2.0
I was hugely impressed with [b:Cove|32313099|Cove|Cynan Jones|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1476094719l/32313099._SY75_.jpg|52942210], but found this completely underwhelming. A sequence of a dozen superficial and forgettable narratives unified both by the near future eco-crisis setting and by the experience of waiting for each tedious episode to be over so that you could start the next (as an excercise in hope over experience).
brebdob's review
3.0
Liked the writing and the premise, but it felt incomplete . It ended right as I was starting to get a sense of this world and wanting to see where things went.
umbrellaladyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0