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It's funny to me as I've tried to read The Windup Girl several times but couldn't get into rhythm. I'd picked up Ship Breaker a couple of times and found it easy to get into but put down quickly because I knew I would enjoy it but wanted to heighten it by waiting til I was in the mood specifically for dystopian fiction.
It's been weeks now that I've been on a rampage through that genre and I did VERY much enjoy this book and am thankful I waited.
The book gets its title because it begins in a co ...more
It's been weeks now that I've been on a rampage through that genre and I did VERY much enjoy this book and am thankful I waited.
The book gets its title because it begins in a co ...more
It did not engage me quite as much as I’d hoped, but enough that I will read the companion novels. Especially since they’re about Tool, the most (only?) compelling character from this book. I want to know what happens with Tool. Nailer and Nita, not so much.
Incidentally, I read this book just as Hurricane Barry is crawling over the New Orleans area - drowned cities in the Gulf Coast don’t seem too far fetched. I’d like to see more of the world though, the world building here is limited to a very ...more
Incidentally, I read this book just as Hurricane Barry is crawling over the New Orleans area - drowned cities in the Gulf Coast don’t seem too far fetched. I’d like to see more of the world though, the world building here is limited to a very ...more
This was a quick, enjoyable read. I look forward to reading more Bacigalupi novels. At some point while reading, with the talk of climate change causing category 6 "city killer" hurricanes, I had a flash of a rather bleak (and hopefully farfetched) future eerily similar to the book.
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2010 National Book Award Finalist
2011 Printz Winner
2011 Printz Winner
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