A review by podanotherjessi
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

challenging hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am very unsure how I feel about this book, but I know that I liked it. I wanted to read it because it was described as solarpunk. And I think that fits, but it is definitely nothing like Monk & Robot (which is why I was interested in solarpunk). It's less optimistic but still has an overall hopeful tone.
The setting was by far the best thing about it, and I was so interested to know more about the world. The writing style would be a very close second though, with so many banger lines. And the parasite/disease element was so fascinating and made for the most interesting parts of the book.
One thing to note is that this feels YA (or maybe new adult). Not in a disparaging way. But the main character is a young woman (I don't think her age is specified, but she's still in school/just left school, and there are comments about her being just about old enough to think about getting married), and one of the main conflicts of the series (expectations)
Spoiler was her mom not wanting her to leave home, and her having what felt like a very teenager-like response of "but I'm an adult now!" and wanting to be independent.
To be clear, I didn't think this was a bad thing, but I wanted to set the expectation appropriately. 
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