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juushikaTitle: Archivist Wasp
Author: Nicole Kornher-Stace
Published: Easthampton: Big Mouth Press, 2015
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 260
Total Page Count: 182,880
Text Number: 539
Read Because: personal enjoyment, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Wasp is an Archivist, capturing and studying ghosts to determine how the world ended—until, defying all known information, one ghost asks her for help. It's almost a spoiler to say that this is at once near-future SF and a dystopic fantasy. The world is diverse and engaging puzzle, but distinctly crapsack; that, combined with difficult characters prone to frustrating, albeit realistic, communication issues, means the book is frequently unpleasant to read. It finds better balance by the climax, when some comfort arises to balance out all the hurt, and the resolution is simply superb. I wouldn't call this a must-read, but I'm glad to've read it: it's unique and lovingly rendered, right down to the unlovable, redeemable cast.
Author: Nicole Kornher-Stace
Published: Easthampton: Big Mouth Press, 2015
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 260
Total Page Count: 182,880
Text Number: 539
Read Because: personal enjoyment, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Wasp is an Archivist, capturing and studying ghosts to determine how the world ended—until, defying all known information, one ghost asks her for help. It's almost a spoiler to say that this is at once near-future SF and a dystopic fantasy. The world is diverse and engaging puzzle, but distinctly crapsack; that, combined with difficult characters prone to frustrating, albeit realistic, communication issues, means the book is frequently unpleasant to read. It finds better balance by the climax, when some comfort arises to balance out all the hurt, and the resolution is simply superb. I wouldn't call this a must-read, but I'm glad to've read it: it's unique and lovingly rendered, right down to the unlovable, redeemable cast.
