The Resisters

I'm sorry to say this one did nothing for me. I saw it when it came out and had no interest in it then, but it made the 2021 Tournament of Books list so I read it. It was in no way awful, but, to me, the most unique aspect of the book was the world it was set in and I just don't feel it was explored enough to keep me interested. I would have given an arm to have a chapter that described life on one of the floating houseboats, for example. For awhile I was on board with the whole “baseball as deviance” thing but then baseball gets co-opted by the government, so it's no longer deviant and I was struggling to care anymore. I think, too, that having dad as the narrator when Gwen and Eleanor are the real main characters created this separation from the action that really prevented the reader from getting to know the characters well enough to bond with them. At one point all of the action comes from a bug that the father is listening to, creating yet another level of separation. Maybe this will mean more to other readers, I just feel I have read so much dystopian, alternative future speculative fiction that, unless you are really going to bring something new to the game it will take a lot to impress me. It reminded me of [b:A Beginning at the End 45152976 A Beginning at the End Mike Chen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563448171l/45152976.SY75.jpg 69225005] another book in which I didn't dislike while I was reading it, but it didn't rock my world. Maybe it's just that knitting is featured in both.I hate to “meh” a TOB book, but it's bad when your favorite character is the house. Oh, and Mimi. I liked her, I wish she would have been developed more.