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Chen Qiufan: Waste Tide (Hardcover, 2019, Tor Books) 3 stars

Mimi is a 'waste girl', a member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle.

Located …

Review of 'Waste Tide' on 'LibraryThing'

4 stars

A powerful, gripping book, that suffers a little from leaving some of its most potentially interesting characters insufficiently fleshed out.[return][return]It wonderfully subverts typical hero / saviour narratives, and complicates questions about who holds power and who is on the "good" or "bad" side of a conflict. But it still renders its privileged non-heroes a lot more three-dimensional than any of the less privileged people who as a collective this book is largely about.