The Sudden Appearance of Hope

WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD 2017

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Published May 19, 2016 by imusti, Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-356-50452-0
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4 stars (22 reviews)

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Review of 'The Sudden Appearance of Hope' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

3,75/4 Es el hijo bastardo, perdón, love child, que en inglés suena mucho mejor, de otras dos obras de la autora: [b:Touch|22314178|Touch|Claire North|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415977617l/22314178.SY75.jpg|41706739] (conciencia fluida que salta de cuerpo en cuerpo) y [b:Sweet Harmony|54359267|Sweet Harmony|Claire North|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1597966289l/54359267.SY75.jpg|84827280] (nanobots para perfeccionarte, cuerpo y mente, hasta la náusea a cambio de microtransacciones in-app).
En este, Hope es una ladrona muy poco memorable. La ves, la conoces, hablas con ella, te giras y, en unos segundos, se te borra todo recuerdo de su existencia y de tu interacción con ella. Te giras de nuevo. Hola, ¿eres nueva por aquí?
Y un día, Hope se encuentra con alguien que sufre en silencio por una app de mejora personal. Corre más, come menos, hazte un retoquito en la nariz, busca la pareja perfecta, el trabajo perfecto, la vida perfecta. Eliminaremos todo lo indeseable de ti y esculpiremos tu mejor versión. Hope …

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2 stars

Meh.The premise was interesting--but the main character had the SAME revelations about "what it means to truly define yourself when no one else can" over and over. Then other characters would say them to her, just to make the point?

And did I really spend however-many-hundred pages to learn that human relationships are messy but they are a basic human need? Kinda think I already knew that?

Social media sharpens the knives already available to traditional media to tell us why we specifically aren't good enough how we specifically would benefit from a new haircut, watch, cologne, etc. Hmmm. OK.

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