Saturday, March 06, 2021
An Unkindness of Ghosts
by Rivers Solomon
On one level, this book is a tale of a multi-generational starship that is essentially a slave plantation in space. On another, it's a tale of people who don't conform to society's norms, showing how they make their way through a confining culture, enduring the pressures to fit into the roles defined for them. It took me a little while to get into the story, but once I did I found it compelling. The main character is Astra, a healer from the lower decks. When she's not laboring in the field decks or stuck in her quarters under curfew, she's usually doing research in her botanarium. But the mysteries that really occupy her thoughts are the mystery of her mother's madness and eventual death years ago, and the mystery of her relationships with the people in her life. Check it out.
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