poetloz's review against another edition
3.0
This is a post-modern work that attempts to blend genre and allegory in a dystopian New Zealand. What's not to love, right? Especially since many of the setting descriptions remind the reader that that part of the world came up with the Matrix. Wendt is an amazing writer, but this form does not really match his ability (or is it the other way around?). In typical post-modern fashion, the story, at the end, folds in upon itself and remains excessively open ended (excessive is the exact word for it, but I won't spoil). What redeems this style of ending is Wendt's cultural background as a Samoan and its tradition of talk-story. At the core of the post-modern aspects in the novel is the knowledge that the oral tradition has known and has used floating signifiers longer than literature has even known about them.
secanno's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
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