Oh, ick, this was a bad reading experience for me. Not sure why I picked this book – there is a twist but I didn’t like the direction of the plot, most of the information is relayed by telling us directly rather than showing, and the whole effect felt like a blunt instrument more than an elegant message.
It also contained a lot of pandemic issues, contemporary politics, and class/financial distinctions. Technology was over-explained and felt like we didn’t really need to know this much detail. If the author could have built on the tensions between the haves and the have-nots more with a more leisurely and less obvious telling of the story, it could have been a better book.
I felt like I was in a constant state of cringing during the latter half. Hopefully the next book I read can help me to un-cringe a bit.
Next up is The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks.
