Borne
Ratings64
Average rating3.8
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Ratings64
Average rating3.8
"From the author of the Southern Reach Trilogy comes a story about two humans, and two creatures. The humans are Rachel and Wick -- a scavenger and a drug dealer -- both with too many secrets and fears, ready with traps to be set and sprung. The creatures are Mord and Borne -- animal, perhaps plant, maybe company discard, biotech, cruel experiment, dinner, deity, or source of spare parts"--Publisher.
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2 primary books3 released booksBorne is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Jeff VanderMeer.
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Borne is a dystopian science fiction novel that follows Rachel, a scavenger, who is surviving in a city that was destroyed and being ravaged by biotechnology created by the Company. One day, she finds a squishy, beautiful creature that smells like the sea she names Borne. The story follows Rachel, Wick, and Borne as they navigate daily survival in a volatile city and as Rachel learns what it means to be a caretaker.
I'm not selling this well, but oh man this was an unexpected love! I didn't expect to feel so attached to a biotech creature, but here we are. Because the novel is written from a first-person perspective, the reader really feels like they're experiencing this world alongside Rachel and Wick, which I loved. VanderMeer has a way of writing and setting the scene that helps you to understand just how bad things are for these characters and how much the Company destroyed the city. It's a beautiful story about relationships, love, and being a parent but it's also a cautionary tale about the dangers of biotechnology, experimentation, and the practical and ethical implications of it.
3.5
Great worldbuilding - really excited to dig more into this “New Weird” genre that VanderMeer seems to be pioneering. Overall though, the story here didn't really do it for me
I found it very hard to resist the impression that the author must have lost a bet that forced him to create a story out of a randomly generated string of words/ideas but Vandermeer is so good, his writing so lucid that in the end it works extremely well.
It was OK. Maybe I just wasn't ready to jump into this other world and didn't get into it very much. It was good if you can focus on it but I just couldn't make that connection.
