A review by jaw417
Sourdough by Robin Sloan

3.0

If you enjoyed Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, suffice it to say you'll enjoy this book. Just like Penumbra's narrator, Lois is nice blend of quirky, relatably awkward, enthusiastic, and stuck in a rut when the story begins. She finds herself in the place where the pseudo-mystical and mundane meet, skirting questions all the while about what is magic and was is simply the magic of real life. There are also similar themes of the rise of technology, and the thematic question of whether machine-made efficiency is worth the loss of home-grown human influence. Though I wasn't sucked in enough to chew through the audiobook in a few sittings as I sometimes do, the story kept be interested all the way through. Lighthearted and magical, with depths to think about if you want to.