Terraformers

This is one of the books that I forced myself to finish. I normally would not do that as my reading list is too big.

I loved the world building. The author has some really imaginative ideas on life and living cities. The story consists of three parts, each with its own set of characters. However, after the first part, the story starts plodding along and some parts feel really forced.

This book was written in such a way that it can only be dated in the early 2020s. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but I wonder whether it will still be read in 20 years or so.

Newitz paints a world that is simultaneously deliciously and painfully woke. I started reading this book hoping for some light science fiction entertainment, and I was fantastically disappointed.

This book is not another example of how prophetic science fiction is, because so many of the issues are already happening. Now.

From corporate indentured servitude to gender as a spectrum to consent in kink... this book has got it.

If you're looking for a light read that won't suck you in and drown you in the pages, then you should probably look elsewhere.