A review by rosaza
Bridge 108 by Anne Charnock
2.0
From netgalley - quick review for the moment:
* was intrigued by the climate change angle so picked it up
* not YA - you don't get the close relationship with the narrator typical of YA, and the narrator is 12 for most of the book
* super depressing...moral of the story seems to be that
* depressing books are okay but I wasn't connected with the character. Sure, I felt fear for him at acutely scary moments, but nothing personal. There was also no momentum or goal (apart from survival and not being deported, I suppose ... but when the story takes place over five years it'd be nice to have some sort of time pressure). I tried to explain the book to my friends earlier and it was just like 'he was here, then he ran away and was here, then he was here, then he was here' - very meandering.
* the character is not very good, e.g. a woman he's working with dies of dehydration and he steals her necklace to sell. I get it but jesus could we please have a single morally light character?
* was intrigued by the climate change angle so picked it up
* not YA - you don't get the close relationship with the narrator typical of YA, and the narrator is 12 for most of the book
* super depressing...moral of the story seems to be that
Spoiler
everything and everyone sucks so you should just go back to slavery* depressing books are okay but I wasn't connected with the character. Sure, I felt fear for him at acutely scary moments, but nothing personal. There was also no momentum or goal (apart from survival and not being deported, I suppose ... but when the story takes place over five years it'd be nice to have some sort of time pressure). I tried to explain the book to my friends earlier and it was just like 'he was here, then he ran away and was here, then he was here, then he was here' - very meandering.
* the character is not very good, e.g. a woman he's working with dies of dehydration and he steals her necklace to sell. I get it but jesus could we please have a single morally light character?