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A review by nuevecuervos
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
5.0
I kind of loved this book, unabashedly. Ofelia is a beautifully drawn character; we seldom see love for older people in fiction, much less scifi, but she's wonderful. The aliens are fantastic as well, and though the other humans that show up are pretty much caricatures, Ofelia sees that, and treats them as such.
I loved watching her sort of say "Fuck you, society. I am now my own society and I will creep around wearing whatever the hell pleases me now that everyone has fucked off and left me alone, finally, thank jeebus." It's weird how even I who consider myself a bit of a social weirdo felt a thrill of the forbidden as she explores what all of that means both before and after her encounter with the creatures with whom she shares her planet. Also, this book made me hungry a lot for homemade tortillas. Excuse me-- "Flatbread."
This is a fast read, but not overly simple; it's written in a lovely storytelling style. About the only gripe I could come up with if pressed is that it ends a little too neatly, but that's probably what comes of reading anything after grimdark fantasy and stephen king.
I'm actually kind of blown away that I don't have more to say here, other than this is exactly the kind of story I was looking for after having spent months reading books by white males; the perspective was so different and a great change of pace, and I honestly appreciate it. I've got to get reading more Elizabeth Moon.
I loved watching her sort of say "Fuck you, society. I am now my own society and I will creep around wearing whatever the hell pleases me now that everyone has fucked off and left me alone, finally, thank jeebus." It's weird how even I who consider myself a bit of a social weirdo felt a thrill of the forbidden as she explores what all of that means both before and after her encounter with the creatures with whom she shares her planet. Also, this book made me hungry a lot for homemade tortillas. Excuse me-- "Flatbread."
This is a fast read, but not overly simple; it's written in a lovely storytelling style. About the only gripe I could come up with if pressed is that it ends a little too neatly, but that's probably what comes of reading anything after grimdark fantasy and stephen king.
I'm actually kind of blown away that I don't have more to say here, other than this is exactly the kind of story I was looking for after having spent months reading books by white males; the perspective was so different and a great change of pace, and I honestly appreciate it. I've got to get reading more Elizabeth Moon.