Hummingbird Salamander
Ratings18
Average rating3.7
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Ratings18
Average rating3.7
’Frankly superb. This pummelling eco-thriller camouflages the true ‘understory’ of societal collapse, and glows in the dark with original thinking’ David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue A speculative thriller about the end of all things, set in the Pacific Northwest. A harrowing descent into a secret world.
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3.5- VanderMeer books have become comfort reads for me. I appreciate the way he describes nature and incorporates it into his stories.
If you're looking for something like Annihilation or Borne, this isn't quite in the same vein. I'm used to turning to VanderMeer for New Weird, but this only barely touches the edge of science fiction. It's much more of a thriller with a conservationist core. VanderMeer does not pull punches reminding the reader exactly how thoroughly we have ravaged our planet, and uses the arc of the thriller to get readers to ask themselves some tough questions. It's fast-paced, well-constructed, and often surprising with some Roshamon levels of perspective thrown in as well. It's not what I was expecting, but it was definitely worth the read.
*4.5
A thought-provoking eco-thriller with a wonderfully complex main character and no easy answers given.??
I have many things I want to say, but I don't have the words and probably won't have for a long time. So for now I'll leave this review in its vague form while I let Hummingbird Salamander settle in me.
My first VanderMeer book, definitely not my last.
