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Paolo Bacigalupi: The Water Knife (2015, Alfred A. Knopf) 4 stars

In a future hammered by climate change and drought, mountain snows have turned to rain, …

Review of 'The Water Knife' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Another vividly imagined broken future, here focusing on water depletion and drought. Bacigalupi spins another tense thriller that at times feels it has shades of Gibson in it. Bacigalupi's excursions into sexual abuse feels gratuitous, though, and detracts from the tautness of the story.