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Carnival

Elizabeth Bear

Finish date: April 26, 2007

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May 26, 2016 ambyr rated it liked it

Shelves: acquiredㅡfrom-work, formatㅡaudiobook, genreㅡscience-fiction, protagonistㅡmultiple-genders, romantic-subplot-i-did-not-want, nyr2016, characterㅡlgbt, stand-alone-novel, authorㅡfemale, i-am-not-the-right-audience

The backstory here was fascinating--both the history of Earth, with its Governors and Assessments, and the history of New Amazonia, with its feminist dystopia and splintering factions. Unfortunately, the actual plot doesn't quite live up to the universe it's set in. There's a lot of scheming that ultimately has no effect on the resolution, and a romance that the author clearly expects to be the emotional heart of the story but that for me fell entirely flat. (view spoiler) ...more

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