When We Wake
by:
Karen Healey (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316200776 (0316200778)
Publish date: March 18th 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: When We Wake (#1)
A copy of this novel was provided by Allen and Unwin in exchange for an honest review. To be entirely honest, I take some comfort in reading about horrible futures and dystopian societies in other countries. Not because I am a sadist and relish in their downfall. No, it’s just like: aw, yeah, Aust...
This is my benchmark for the SFWA 2014 Nebula YA category (aka Andre Norton). It's a good start, with an interesting premise, which I don't regard as a spoiler, as it's on the front cover, that the protagonist, Tegan, is brought back to life after being killed and frozen. The book - set in Austra...
3.5 rounded up. Not a groundbreaking premise/plot, perhaps, but fun and well-executed in terms of diversity and discussion of sociopolitical issues involved. Also hey look, turns out countries other than the US exist.
3.5 stars, rounded up because Karen Healey always impresses me with her very deliberately awesome inclusiveness. Love having another book to add to the sadly short list of YA books that do ethnic diversity and religious diversity and QUILTBAG characters well.
This book is just so clunky and obvious, I almost didn't finish it. I kept putting the book down to roll my eyes at the two-by-four Healey was swinging around to get her messages across. Because, make no mistake, this is a MESSAGE novel. And not just one message, oh no, Healey squashes as many as...
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