teosinte's review
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i picked this up looking for sheri tepper books; i'd read bellwether by willis before and the premise intrigued me! passage was gooood. it's one of those books that you finish and have to just sit for a minute. i also really love books that are well-researched and detailed and this is totally one of them.
this is one of the longest books i've read in a while but i think i picked a good reentry into long books. the beginning was kind of hard to adjust to, but after i got past the main plot points given on the back of the book, i felt like i was alongside joanna landers, desperate to know what she would come to know.
as for my complicated diversity rating - i think that technically the characters are diverse, but it did kind of irk me that only characters of color were pointed out, and we're kind of left to assume if a character's race/ethnicity isn't mentioned, they're white. obviously not a deal breaker for me cause this was still a great read! and thinking of other kinds of diversity, there were different life experiences, the main protagonists are all able bodied.....so its complicated for me.
this is one of the longest books i've read in a while but i think i picked a good reentry into long books. the beginning was kind of hard to adjust to, but after i got past the main plot points given on the back of the book, i felt like i was alongside joanna landers, desperate to know what she would come to know.
as for my complicated diversity rating - i think that technically the characters are diverse, but it did kind of irk me that only characters of color were pointed out, and we're kind of left to assume if a character's race/ethnicity isn't mentioned, they're white. obviously not a deal breaker for me cause this was still a great read! and thinking of other kinds of diversity, there were different life experiences, the main protagonists are all able bodied.....so its complicated for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Addiction, Child death, and Gun violence
extra content warning that I wasn't able to find: explicit detail about disasters
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