The Fall of Koli

The Koli trilogy is written for a novice audience, yet I found it compelling. Koli is an awkward clueless teen learning about the old tech world from his post-apocalyptic world's perspective.

I'm a sucker for the Defamiliarization trope. When the familiar is described through alien eyes. and that's basically what this trilogy is, explaining the current and old world in terms the Koliboo will understand.

This book was a delight, and did exactly what I want in the first book of a trilogy. It was satisfying on its own, but more importantly it developed a world and characters that I want to visit again as soon as possible.

I've read some books recently that feel like heavy-handed social commentary with a too-thin story wrapped around it. This book has some definite social commentary of its own, but it's handled beautifully. There's a rich world, well-developed characters, and social concerns that feel like a natural part of that world rather than a giant, fourth wall-shattering wink at the reader.

Can't wait to see where this goes next!