A review by bormgans
Gypsy by Carter Scholz
5.0
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In the end, it doesn’t matter much, as Gypsy is singular enough. Its dystopic premise isn’t new, but as far as possible projections for the near future goes, it’s definitely convincing. The middle class is dying and climate is changing. That’s not rocket science. Gypsy is a lot less optimistic than KSR’s latest book, and Scholz is outright grim. Those looking for just a fun science driven story: this is not The Martian.
To say much more would spoil the experience, but structurally Gypsy is a very interesting novella. There’s not a lot of characters, and not a lot of pages, but the way Scholz handles both character and story development is masterly. One would not expect its narrative choices to deliver the emotions it does. At times, Gypsy‘s atmosphere reminded me of Duncan Jones’ 2009 movie Moon.
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Full review on Weighing A Pig
In the end, it doesn’t matter much, as Gypsy is singular enough. Its dystopic premise isn’t new, but as far as possible projections for the near future goes, it’s definitely convincing. The middle class is dying and climate is changing. That’s not rocket science. Gypsy is a lot less optimistic than KSR’s latest book, and Scholz is outright grim. Those looking for just a fun science driven story: this is not The Martian.
To say much more would spoil the experience, but structurally Gypsy is a very interesting novella. There’s not a lot of characters, and not a lot of pages, but the way Scholz handles both character and story development is masterly. One would not expect its narrative choices to deliver the emotions it does. At times, Gypsy‘s atmosphere reminded me of Duncan Jones’ 2009 movie Moon.
(...)
Full review on Weighing A Pig