A review by emmaulb
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
adventurous
dark
3.0
I was excited to read this book and there were many elements I enjoyed about it, but it was too much to keep track of. The climate dystopian world was pretty interesting and dark, rich people escaping the flooding by building floating cities that hosts many refugees. So obviously a humongous wealth gap, really poor living conditions etc. I was also excited about the animals bonding with humans, which I think there should have been more of!
It didn’t feel completely worth it to juggle that many characters, and there were too many real life themes that could have been impactful but fell short. For example there was a genocide that was clearly inspired by indigenous people… idk am I the only one that thought that was weird?? Also an epidemic called the breaks that was basically sci-fi aids (especially because it had gay connotations??) but didn’t seem necessary to have that connection in the end.
It didn’t feel completely worth it to juggle that many characters, and there were too many real life themes that could have been impactful but fell short. For example there was a genocide that was clearly inspired by indigenous people… idk am I the only one that thought that was weird?? Also an epidemic called the breaks that was basically sci-fi aids (especially because it had gay connotations??) but didn’t seem necessary to have that connection in the end.