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[\#JustFinished](https://dice.camp/tags/JustFinished) Julia, by Sandra Newman in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

We do get some insight beyond London as well, which was a particularly welcome addition.

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[\#JustFinished](https://dice.camp/tags/JustFinished) Julia, by Sandra Newman in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

...she can see through almost every plot. It becomes a bit Mary Sue-ish. OTOH, Winston is so naive in 1984 that she almost has to be a Mary Sue. My concerns about this were alleviated toward the end of the book.

In any case, Julia's story is compelling and cohesive and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Newman did a wonderful job of showing the societal impacts that would be particular to women in the original, without being as heavy-handed as the original.
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#JustFinished Julia, by Sandra Newman (dice.camp)
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#JustFinished Julia, by Sandra Newman

This is a diificult book for me to review, as I had mixed feelings throughout the book. It was written as an update to 1984 told from the main female character's point of view.

Initially, I thought it was a great reimagining of the story. Newman makes Julia more intelligent than she was cast in 1984, which does make the character more interesting. As the book went on, Julia is so cynical

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#JustFinished On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard. (dice.camp)
 

#JustFinished On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard.

This was a foray into what it means to be family and how our mistakes can bring us closer to being good people. I enjoyed it.

The existence of ancestor worship (this is not the first time I've seen in it API books) in the far flung future of this universe made me wonder if there's a similar carrying forward of Christianity in Western SciFi that I'm not seeing due to my cultural blind-spots.

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#JustFinished The Humans, by Matt Haig. (dice.camp)
 

#JustFinished The Humans, by Matt Haig.

The narrator leads us through a look at Earth and posh English culture from the eyes of an alien. Humorous without stepping too far, it leads into a serious story as the narrator grows. By the end, it's poignant and we're left with the warm fuzzies. Truly a lovely arc of a story.

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