cibertina reviewed The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
Review of 'The Girl in the Road' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is the second book I've read by Byrne and once again, couldn't remotely sleep afterward. I'm not sure what I was expecting but like the Actual Star, this book manages to be optimistic, disturbing and mystical in a way that is fully original. I don't think there is anyone else writing sci-fi like this.
The Girl in the Road is a climate change spec-fic novel with elements of the Odyssey, but that's about as much I can describe the plot because it's totally unhinged. Clearly an incredible amount of research and imagination went into creating the world of this novel, but the plot itself reads more like revealed text, or maybe something straight from a dream. I'm left with so many questions, among which the most important: how did someone think this up?!