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challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unlike most books, I went into Hive almost blind. I'd read the short synopsis, seen that a lot of people had been reading it, and that was enough to intrigue me. I had no real idea of what I was getting into. Despite the fact that I'm now impatient for the next book (I've got a bit of a cliffhanger-hangover, which should be a thing if it isn't), I am so delighted to have read Hive.
The world is ending. The man who was humanity's last hope has just died, and the only two other humans living in the biosphere that shields them from a cruel, overheated world have very few options. Isabel is dying of cancer, and has a fleeting idea: perhaps she can send her partner Diego back in time... and save the world from the Doomsday in which they and their colleagues were key players.
DL Orton's writing is so fluid, and I found myself flying through the book. It was so easy to engage and accept the world as she wrote it because there is so much truth in it. While the book itself is dystopian, it's so close to our current world. The characters feel real, and at times, some of the villains feel so pointedly reminiscent of our current world climate, I found it a bit frightening. (Let's at least hope that our timeline can and will do better). It's got romance, familial love, adorable pets, and quirky colleagues sprinkled intertwined with the horrendously soulless billionaires and government. It helps lighten the load of the world's inevitable collapse, but will also keep you invested--and at times, devastated--right along with the characters. The ones we follow--Diego, Isabel, and "Madders"--are these intricate, flawed portraits demonstrating how, beyond everything else, love, curiosity and the belief that the world can be better will triumph over the darkness. You know, provided we don't reach Doomsday.
One thing I will say that did bug me a little-- what I assume to be AI usage to create the portraits of the characters before their respective chapters. It did help me visualize who was narrating the various chapters, but it threw me off a bit.
Thank you so much to Rocky Mountain Press and Netgalley for the ARC!
The world is ending. The man who was humanity's last hope has just died, and the only two other humans living in the biosphere that shields them from a cruel, overheated world have very few options. Isabel is dying of cancer, and has a fleeting idea: perhaps she can send her partner Diego back in time... and save the world from the Doomsday in which they and their colleagues were key players.
DL Orton's writing is so fluid, and I found myself flying through the book. It was so easy to engage and accept the world as she wrote it because there is so much truth in it. While the book itself is dystopian, it's so close to our current world. The characters feel real, and at times, some of the villains feel so pointedly reminiscent of our current world climate, I found it a bit frightening. (Let's at least hope that our timeline can and will do better). It's got romance, familial love, adorable pets, and quirky colleagues sprinkled intertwined with the horrendously soulless billionaires and government. It helps lighten the load of the world's inevitable collapse, but will also keep you invested--and at times, devastated--right along with the characters. The ones we follow--Diego, Isabel, and "Madders"--are these intricate, flawed portraits demonstrating how, beyond everything else, love, curiosity and the belief that the world can be better will triumph over the darkness. You know, provided we don't reach Doomsday.
One thing I will say that did bug me a little-- what I assume to be AI usage to create the portraits of the characters before their respective chapters. It did help me visualize who was narrating the various chapters, but it threw me off a bit.
Thank you so much to Rocky Mountain Press and Netgalley for the ARC!