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A review by indiekay
The Seep by Chana Porter
5.0
4.5 stars
This is weird and wonderful little book that I finished over a course of an afternoon. It's definitely one that I'd like to revisit again in the future to see if I can learn some more from it.
The Seep is the story of a utopian future in which an alien species has created a symbiotic relationship with Earth and taken away all disease, hatred, pain and suffering, giving people the freedom to live forever, or decide to change forms into an animal or even be reborn.
But is it utopia when people still grieve? When people can get lost in the Seep's drug-like euphoria and inflict self-harm through substance abuse? This book takes a hard look at what a utopian really is, and what it could mean to the people living within it.
This is weird and wonderful little book that I finished over a course of an afternoon. It's definitely one that I'd like to revisit again in the future to see if I can learn some more from it.
The Seep is the story of a utopian future in which an alien species has created a symbiotic relationship with Earth and taken away all disease, hatred, pain and suffering, giving people the freedom to live forever, or decide to change forms into an animal or even be reborn.
But is it utopia when people still grieve? When people can get lost in the Seep's drug-like euphoria and inflict self-harm through substance abuse? This book takes a hard look at what a utopian really is, and what it could mean to the people living within it.