Emily W

Dystopia rust belt odyssey

Revisado: 04-19-24

This story felt like a take on The Odyssey with all the strange characters along the way of a sea journey. It is grim and dark for sure- as some readers have noted, but this is dystopic fiction, although in this case it was more dystopian literature which made it a winner to me.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 3 personas

I couldn’t put it down!!!

Revisado: 03-21-24

What a fantastic book- it really makes you think about what makes us human, whose feelings are valid and what free agency is. It may be too soon to hope for this….. but I really hope there is a sequel.
I will also say that this made me think a little of the Barbie movie and how this is a much darker and explicit take on that. You’ll car h yourself humming “what was I made for” as you read.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 8 personas

Brilliant!!

Revisado: 09-08-22

TJR does it again…. Her books just keep getting better and better. I love her flawed protagonists and the way her former ones ghost through each new novel. The narrator is really good as well.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

I wanted to love this book....

Revisado: 10-29-20

I really loved this book to start and it ended ok- but it took such a weird fantasy/spiritual tone that I almost turned it off 2 hours before the end. That whole tangent could have been left out and it would have been a solid work of speculative fiction.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 2 personas

Loved it!!!!!

Revisado: 10-17-20

What a delicious book. Enchanting, entertaining, well written and performed. I put this up with The Golum and the Jini as wonderful New York based stories with deep histories in the fantastic.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

More people should read this book

Revisado: 02-08-20

I understand why this book is controversial but I think bringing light and humanity to the hardships of these migrants can only help the cause. The story is grim and decently written. No- it’s no Steinbeck, but it is very relevant to our times and it’s a compelling novel none the less.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Brilliant

Revisado: 01-15-20

Loved this quirky story- reminds me of Ann Patchett and Barbara Kingsolver in the way it speaks from this woman’s perspective. The fantastic nature of these kids is handled in all the right ways to not become absurd.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Cringe-worthy narration

Revisado: 11-17-19

If you’re going to read a story about an iconic place, for the love of god, learn how to pronounce the names of the towns, the family names and the specific terms related to wine. As someone in the wine business who lives in CA, I find the mispronunciations so egregious, it kind of ruins the book. I’m only an hour in and I’m not sure I can finish listening.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

Just short of great

Revisado: 06-04-18

I loved the story overall. Well developed and full of fantastic character development. The only thing I couldn’t stomach was how heavily Christian and preachy it was. It was totally unnecessary to the story and became so invasive I had to fast forward a few times. Leave the preaching for a spiritual book and skip it in a spy novel!

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Don't waste your time.

Revisado: 08-18-17

Horribly written load of drivel. This is complete literary junk food that isn't even based on an interesting premise.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 2 personas