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The Girl in the Road

Monica Byrne

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Jul 08, 2014 Beverly rated it really liked it

Shelves: cross-cultural, africa, new-to-you, 2014-new-to-you-authors, beverly-where-in-the-world, where-in-the-world, asia, speculative-fiction

This futuristic inventive adventure tale mesmerized me from the beginning with its captivating protagonists, beautifully rendered landscapes, and provocative themes. I was not quite sure what to expect from The Girl In the Road, but my past reading experience has shown that I enjoy stories that often defy fitting neatly into a specific genre. I enjoyed the format of the parallel storylines while both set in the future but not at the same time, and the tension building in each of the storylines k ...more

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Jul 24, 2014 Tony rated it liked it

Shelves: setting-asia, novels, speculative-fiction, setting-africa

Despite many interesting elements, great settings, and some really vivid writing, this debut near-future novel ended up as a bit of a disappointment for me. The book follows two narrative paths: one starts around 2040 or so, and follows 10-year-old slave girl Mariama as she hitches a ride from West Africa to freedom in Ethiopia, the other takes place around 20-30 years later and features 20-something Meena who is skipping out on her present life in bustling India order to delve into the murder o ...more

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