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sweekune 's review for:
An Unkindness of Ghosts
by Rivers Solomon
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4/5
Audiobook narrated by Cherise Boothe.
Sci-fi meets the antebellum South with added queerness. Aster, a low ranked worker on the ship Matilda, strives to find a connection between her mother's death and the illness of the sovereign and uncovers secrets about the ship's destination.
- This book gave me Bioshock and steampunk vibes. There's a lot of science but it's also mixed in with so much striation, racism and horrible historical accuracies that it feels older rather than modern.
- Bar the space ship setting, this book could have been written about the absolute horror and abomination that was slavery, specifically plantations. The controlling and disgusting way black people are treated and the violence and disregard for their humanity was sickeningly vivid, as it should be. This book does not shy away from those horrors.
- Aster and Theo are brilliant characters. Aster I felt so much kinship with in the way she views and understands the world and how hard that can be when you're different. The queer elements of the characters are well done, fit the setting and fit fluidly within the story.
If you like afrofuturism and dark sci-fi, I would highly recommend An Unkindness of Ghosts.
Audiobook narrated by Cherise Boothe.
Sci-fi meets the antebellum South with added queerness. Aster, a low ranked worker on the ship Matilda, strives to find a connection between her mother's death and the illness of the sovereign and uncovers secrets about the ship's destination.
- This book gave me Bioshock and steampunk vibes. There's a lot of science but it's also mixed in with so much striation, racism and horrible historical accuracies that it feels older rather than modern.
- Bar the space ship setting, this book could have been written about the absolute horror and abomination that was slavery, specifically plantations. The controlling and disgusting way black people are treated and the violence and disregard for their humanity was sickeningly vivid, as it should be. This book does not shy away from those horrors.
- Aster and Theo are brilliant characters. Aster I felt so much kinship with in the way she views and understands the world and how hard that can be when you're different. The queer elements of the characters are well done, fit the setting and fit fluidly within the story.
If you like afrofuturism and dark sci-fi, I would highly recommend An Unkindness of Ghosts.