Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsA hard read
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2023
This book was completely not what I expected based on reading the description at time of purchase. I found it very difficult reading, not because of how it's written or any such thing as vocabulary etc. It's the subject matter I found very troubling. Reading about plague that kills people this is very difficult. Spoiler Alert: This book is quite a bit about death and how people deal with it. I thought it was a Sci-Fi novel and it is but it definitely wasn't what I expected. I especially disliked the chapter about the amusement park. I found it to be very disturbing. I also found the chapters about how people dealt with plague death disturbing as well.
The subject matter aside I think the book is well written and written in a very interesting fashion. It's a collection of short stories woven together with a common theme and some reoccurring characters. I found that very interesting. One chapter I did like was the one on the people voyaging into the future and to another planet. That chapter was a bit more hopeful. I also felt the book was well wrapped up in the last chapter and brought the story full circle. In the end I can't say I really liked this book. I really wouldn't read it again and I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone as a casual read. I suppose it might be good for a book club that's looking for subject matter that you could get a good discussion out of. I just found this book to disturbing, in my opinion.
