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A review by hwesta
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book.
It's set a couple generations into the future, where watershed networks have formed to try and take care of and heal the earth, pushing back on the power of nation states and corporations. It opens with aliens arriving and saying "I'm so glad we arrived before you destroyed yourselves, time to leave!" and humanity, or at least the narrator, saying "but we just started fixing it!" And a book ensues, full of politics and people and aliens and different perspectives and hope.
It's also unapologetically queer and polyamorous and Jewish.
It's set a couple generations into the future, where watershed networks have formed to try and take care of and heal the earth, pushing back on the power of nation states and corporations. It opens with aliens arriving and saying "I'm so glad we arrived before you destroyed yourselves, time to leave!" and humanity, or at least the narrator, saying "but we just started fixing it!" And a book ensues, full of politics and people and aliens and different perspectives and hope.
It's also unapologetically queer and polyamorous and Jewish.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Transphobia and Religious bigotry