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The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

Start date: August 21, 2015

Finish date: September 11, 2015

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Hugo Award Winner 2010 (tie)
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Feb 11, 2014 Jenelle Compton rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, apocalyptic-dystopian

I liked this book alright. The ideas were interesting, but I didn't connect with any of the characters and found myself FORCING myself to read up until the last 1/4 of the book, at which point I tore through at break neck speed.

I kept waiting to like the title character, to root for her to go North or whatever, to break out of her subservience. But nope, I didn't care. I didn't care about ANY of the characters. AT ALL. They all appeared to be a bunch of shallow selfish jerks, and by the end I w ...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Shhhh... Books rated it liked it

Shelves: scifi, adult, literary

So, initial reaction was a grand shiver. I had a hard time getting into this dystopian world initially because of the combination of Thai and "future" vocabulary, but once I got the beat down, so to speak, I loved the way the language flowed.

I will say. This is a complex bugger. A tornado plot structure. No character is really good or evil in this book. Everyone seems to be different shades of grey--which I liked, but at the same time, the sinister nature of the world they live in and it's savag ...more

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Aug 03, 2010 Emily rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this book - a kind of neo-environmentalism / steampunk-ish look at the near future in Thailand after the seas rise and the world's food supply crashes due to diseases and plagues. It's much more "literature" than "sc-fi/fantasy" so don't expect a lot of action or zombies or anything. ...more

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