English language
Published Nov. 12, 2022 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Another one I'm not sure what to say about, but this time for negative reasons. The premise is amazing, and I adore every scene with the octopuses themselves. But pretty much nothing else-plot, characters, dialogue, writing style-worked for me. However, it's a debut novel so perhaps the next one will be better.
Thought this was for sure a winner for me, but I was quickly zoning out with all the wordy description..
This book is precisely what I yearn for in science fiction as a whole. Deeply hopeful and carefully crafted. The entire story felt like a puzzle that fit together in a precise way, all the way to the very end.
This book is precisely what I yearn for in science fiction as a whole. Deeply hopeful and carefully crafted. The entire story felt like a puzzle that fit together in a precise way, all the way to the very end.
It does the thing all good sci-fi should do: use the sci-fi setting.to examine and interrogate questions of ethics and society.
The narrative is fairly engaging, even if the characters' dialogue leaves them with very little in the way of distinct voices — perhaps for reasons that are maybe explained in-world.
Overall, it's a fun summer read that raises a lot of interesting ideas about what it means to be a person and how our actions impact those around us.
For parents of sci-fi readers, there's enough casual (but not really described in detail, thankfully) sex in the book that it's probably not one to hand to teenagers — so be aware of that.
