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Mike Finn
is 9% done
I like that the environmental fieldwork in the mountains feels real and routine. It reinforces the sense of the work and the mountains as a refuge from the rest of the world. I like the way that the external politics feels like a lengthening shadow, present, unexplained and threatening. I like the quiet resilience of the main character - her cool head combined with a sense of threat is disquieting. I like the pace.
— Jul 16, 2023 02:16PM
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Mike Finn
is 87% done
The low level but content tension in this wears away at me as I read, making me as ansxious and uncertain as the main character.
— Aug 26, 2023 12:10AM
Mike Finn
is 22% done
Just when I'm sure I'm reading a political dystopia novel, it starts to shift into something more and different. There's a possibility of non-political explanations for violence and a small hint that something supernatural or at least monstrous may be in the woods.
I like this genre-crossing fluidity in the story.
— Jul 17, 2023 05:17AM
I like this genre-crossing fluidity in the story.
