Too Like The Lightning, by Ada Palmer Synopsis: This book is about your reaction to it. Heed the trigger warnings. The plot is incidental. Book Review: Wow, man, where do I begin? Ambitious is an understatement. Let’s begin at the beginning. Yes, this book has trigger warnings. It needs them, which I’ll get into in tomorrow's in-depth, spoileriffic post. It is impressive that Palmer got trigger warnings into her book, because that’s frowned upon in “serious literature.” The way she did this is by having the trigger warnings be integral to the story itself. This book takes place several hundred years in the future, and humanity has (re)embraced censorship for societal good. The conceit of this book is that it is a history written by a person in that era, so the book itself must first be approved by the censorship bodies. This provides your first dive into this world – where the approval and comments of various censorship boards preface the history itself. You learn right off the bat that not only does this world have censorship, it has strong anti-religious censorship, and it is controlled by a number of vying factions who have very unique ways of expressing themselves. One censorship body is an arm of the Mitsubishi corporation. Another writes only in Latin. It is incredibly effective world-building, and the tigger warnings themselves almost sneak by you! Which is why I felt the need to say “No, seriously, heed them.”
SF/F Review – Too Like The Lightning
SF/F Review – Too Like The Lightning
SF/F Review – Too Like The Lightning
Too Like The Lightning, by Ada Palmer Synopsis: This book is about your reaction to it. Heed the trigger warnings. The plot is incidental. Book Review: Wow, man, where do I begin? Ambitious is an understatement. Let’s begin at the beginning. Yes, this book has trigger warnings. It needs them, which I’ll get into in tomorrow's in-depth, spoileriffic post. It is impressive that Palmer got trigger warnings into her book, because that’s frowned upon in “serious literature.” The way she did this is by having the trigger warnings be integral to the story itself. This book takes place several hundred years in the future, and humanity has (re)embraced censorship for societal good. The conceit of this book is that it is a history written by a person in that era, so the book itself must first be approved by the censorship bodies. This provides your first dive into this world – where the approval and comments of various censorship boards preface the history itself. You learn right off the bat that not only does this world have censorship, it has strong anti-religious censorship, and it is controlled by a number of vying factions who have very unique ways of expressing themselves. One censorship body is an arm of the Mitsubishi corporation. Another writes only in Latin. It is incredibly effective world-building, and the tigger warnings themselves almost sneak by you! Which is why I felt the need to say “No, seriously, heed them.”