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A review by davastewart
Rook by Sharon Cameron
4.0
I didn't expect to like this book. I read the description of it a bunch of times before actually checking it out. But I did like it, quite a lot, and I think it was mostly because of the main character who manages to be both brave and impulsive and bull-headed and vulnerable. So many stereotypes, but so nicely put together.
The story is set in a what I hope is an alternative future in which all of technology has failed and society has reemerged but with a deep distrust of machines and technology. People dig up bits of plastic the way some people now dig up bottles. The center of Paris has sunken, it's even called The Sunken City, and the government is pretty evil, capturing and beheading (of course) any one who dissents.
The main character rescues people from the prison at the bottom of the sunken city and leaves a rook feather in their cells.
There's not really much magic in this one, so it seems odd to classify it as fantasy, but it is listed with other fantasy books. It's also not really a coming of age story either, as the characters are all a little old to be coming of age, but they do learn things.
The story is set in a what I hope is an alternative future in which all of technology has failed and society has reemerged but with a deep distrust of machines and technology. People dig up bits of plastic the way some people now dig up bottles. The center of Paris has sunken, it's even called The Sunken City, and the government is pretty evil, capturing and beheading (of course) any one who dissents.
The main character rescues people from the prison at the bottom of the sunken city and leaves a rook feather in their cells.
There's not really much magic in this one, so it seems odd to classify it as fantasy, but it is listed with other fantasy books. It's also not really a coming of age story either, as the characters are all a little old to be coming of age, but they do learn things.