Corina

This book was pretty good but I think it definitely could have been longer. The events of the second half of the book happened so quickly and I really think that detracted from the book. I wish Higuera spent more time exploring life as part of the collective or the recovery. Also wasn’t a fan of the ending, it left too many questions.

this book is so well written! It’s funny and moving and just amazing in every way. The world-building is also magnificent (😉) and I can’t wait to read more. Pissed about the ending tho (you know, cause it ended)

Amazing book. Ifueko did a magnificent job showing the class disparities and how even well meaning wealthy and powerful people don’t/can’t understand what or how to help the lower class, much the same as the lower class not understanding the privileges the rich get and being stuck in their poverty mindset even when they aren’t in that situation anymore. The more consuming rich people, much like the slave masters, see the working class as people who are too stupid to be able to comprehend “intelligent” conversation or develop a voraciousness for reading or learning and that they do them a favor by making them work for little pay. Very well executed. The rich people are almost always frustrating but they are done well enough that they become fascinating in their self obsession, ignorance, and classism. Definitely a great book. I’ll have to read the other books