This book did so much in such a short time. I feel it'll be one I think about for quite a while.

I liked the narrator and the various voices too!

Thanks to the publisher for allowing me access to an eAlc via NetGalley

this is was really good,
- thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an early review.

This book was so simple. But so beautiful. And so tragic.

The whole premise was very interesting. Illness and environmental impacts leads to the fa of society.

This was a book full of questions. No answers. Which was really unique for a book in this genre. So many of the books that are similar try to answer questions. Solve todays problems. This didn’t. And that was beautiful.

I really loved that it was a local to me book. There aren’t enough of those and I love when I can see where I am.

I went on a whim with this one as dystopian fiction is not my preferred genre, but I am glad I did. The story was an intriguing one, about one persons desire to be more than their predetermined destiny, thanks to an inherited life limiting parasite. This worked really well as an audio, the the struggles and events the main character faced brought to life. The narrator did a wonderful job of bringing life to each character and had a pleasant tone and timbre.
There were things I felt could have been expanded on, things left untold and what felt like an abrupt end. On the whole an enjoyable an interesting dystopian piece with a universal theme of growing up and finding your own path in life.

The Annual Migration of Clouds is a YA cli-fi post-apocalyptic hopepunk novella centered on a teen who may have the opportunity of a lifetime -- but it would mean leaving her family and community behind.

Earth is no longer what it used to be, wracked by not only climate-change-amplified disasters but also a generically-transmitted neurological fungal parasite that eventually kills its host after keeping the host from making dangerous decisions until such a time as the host can no longer go on.

Reid, a young girl who carries this parasite, is invited to a University, one of the few places that still resembles the society of old, but in order to go, she'd leave behind her sick mother, her friends, and her community that relies upon everyone to contribute. If the university is real, that is. She is faced with all kinds of decisions in the leadup to deciding if she'll leave or not, and she makes some choices that place her in the kinds of danger she's never seen.

The novella is incredibly literary in feel, almost to its detriment. It follows the literary trope (I'm sure that's not the right word, but it gets the point across) of not being overly concerned with a self-contained story. Really, the parts we see are the least interesting in this story. It's more concerned with symbolic questions the prose proposes. What is community? What risks are worth taking? Is 'just surviving' acceptable when there's a possibility for unknown greatness?

The Annual Migration of Clouds is much more concerned with those questions than "What kind of adventures will Reid have on the way to the university?". Honestly? That's fine with me, although due to it's heavily speculative setting, I think a number of readers may push back, especially because the setting is fairly creative and could tell its own story.

I do think there's a case for the novella being too long, honestly. If it's going to tackle external questions more than internal ones, there's at least one entire sequence that could be cut or done much more quickly, leaving this a novelette that more clearly punches at the big questions without actually worrying about telling a strong narrative.

Excellent audiobook, something a bit different from my usual listens and I loved it.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me access an advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for my feedback

The Annual Migration of Clouds is my first read by this author and I am excited to read more. It's a short book with the capacity to impact long-term thinking about who we are and how we live.

My thanks to ECW Press Audio for a review copy via NetGalley of the unabridged audiobook edition of ‘The Annual Migration of Clouds’ by Premee Mohamed in exchange for an honest review. It is narrated by Eva Tavares.

Earlier this year I read the digital edition of this novella. It was one that I was interested in revisiting in order to better appreciate its themes and so was pleased to have access to its audiobook edition.

Listening allowed me to better appreciate its intricate plot as well as the lyrical quality of Premee Mohamed’s writing. On a second reading I also noticed more details about the world of the novel.

One aspect of professional narration is the emotions that the narrator brings to the reading. Here the first person perspective of Reid, who is facing a major life decision, was perfectly represented by Eva Tavares. In addition, the pivotal pig hunt was much more shocking when read aloud.

Overall, I was very impressed with this edition. I also remain interested in what happens next for Reid and remain hopeful that Premee Mohamed will continue her journey in some fashion.

This reread has increased my rating to 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5.

I requested this audiobook on a whim, I wasn't even supposed to be browsing NetGalley (who provided the audiobook for free in return for an unbiased review) but here I was and when I spotted this cover I knew I was going to request to read it!

We follow a young woman who has received an invitation to leave her small community to travel to a prestigious school. However, the novella is set in a post-apocalyptic world where some people are infected by "Cad" (although they're still able to live almost normal lives... to a point) and climate disasters have ruined the land so people struggle to get by.

Reid wants to go, but she's worried about those she leaves behind. How will her mother cope with the infection as she gets older? How will her childhood best friend be now that he's lost all of his family and friends? How will they harvest the crops and do all the tasks that are usually meant for her? And to top it all of her mother doesn't want her to go.

This little book was absolutely fantastic. I blasted through the audiobook in two sittings (only taking a break because I was listening to it at work and took my lunch break!) and adored it. I think the narrator does a great job at inflicting each character with their own personality and emphasising just the right point in sentences. I definitely want to read more from Premee Mohamed and I'm also here for listening to more audiobooks narrated by Eva Tavares!!

With Thanks to Premee Mohamed for an advanced readers copy of this audiobook.

3*

The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Canada, and follows Reid a young women who has just been accepted into Howse one of the last remaining universities. But not everyone in her life is happy for her to make this journey, Reid is only host to a CAD, a fungal infection that lives in a symbiotic relationship with its host, and also warrants a painful death sentence.

This moving Novella, follows a young women's battle for survival and independence.

This is an incredibly clever and beautifully written novella.

In one way, it is a coming of age story about a girl forced to decide between her dreams and her community’s expectations. In another way, it’s a frightening glimpse at how our greed and wastefulness may leave the world for future generations. The mysterious illness - Cad - was an interesting addition, and I wish the story was longer so we could learn more about the illness and its origins.

Some plot points were a bit unclear, possibly due to listening on audio. But overall, it was an intimate character-driven story and the characters were developed enough to keep the reader engaged. Despite the sad and desperate setting, this story shined with hope. The main character is a dreamer and I appreciate her spirit and determination.

Thank you to NetGalley & ECW Press Audio for allowing me access to this audiobook!

This was a great story! Set in the near distant future, this post-apocalyptic novella, is breathtakingly beautiful and devastatingly powerful. Given the opportunity to to join one of the last outposts of 'pre-disaster' society and to learn more about CAD, a parasitic mind-altering fungi that infects many, Reid and her mother included. While this seems like the perfect opportunity for Reid, she struggles with leaving her mother and community behind.

The audiobook is powerfully voiced by Premee Mohamed. who does an amazing job of bringing this story to life.

Reid's life is on the cusp of major changes as she has to decide what direction her future will go in a future where climate change has made life as we know it impossible. The language is beautiful, and I love that the entire novella is set in the spot before the hero decides to embark on her journey and that in this novella, her decision whether or not to embark is the journey.

Shocking, raw, beautiful and high on intensity and emotions: this book is a page turner.
The author brings us to a future Canada, post-climate change and the reality is devastating. Reid, a young woman is sick from Cad - a parasite that reacts to everything she does or even speaks. She has a big decision to make and we follow her through her struggle. The writing was beautiful, vivid. I could easily picture everything in my mind without it being too much. I listened to the audio version of the book and the narrator was talented. Her performance really added to the emotional impact of this book. This is a must read for everyone. A climate ficiton, dystopian must-read.
Thanks to NetGalley and the editor for the copy.

ARC given in exchange for an honest review.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story and it’s concept! The characters were well developed and although it’s set in a future nearly 100 years in the future, all the new words and development of the disease that brought them there, were easily understandable. I was genuinely sad when it ended because it’s right at the start of what could be another longer story for the main character. Hope to read more from this author!

A thought-provoking, intelligent dystopian novella set in a post-pandemic, post-climate change Alberta seeing a group of survivors trying to eke out an existence. Among them is Reid, infected with an invasive mind-altering fungi, she jumps at the chance to find more answers when she gets an invitation to join one of the last outposts of 'pre-disaster' society. The only problem is that she's torn between wanting to go and not wanting to leave her mother and the community behind to fend for themselves. Great narration by Eva Tavares and recommended for fans of Orx & Crake, Station Eleven or The marrow thieves. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my ALC in exchange for an honest review.

Exquisite, descriptive prose for a desolate setting in a post-apocalyptic world. It's difficult to say one enjoyed and found beauty in a book with such a desolate setting. However, the characters are beautifully drawn, particularly the thoughts and inner workings of Reid, the main character. Beautiful and creepy.

The narrator, Eva Tavares, was also good. I appreciate enough change of voice to indicate a different character, without being overboard or ridiculous.

I really enjoyed this little novella! I loved how it focused on the main character's choice whether to go on an adventure or not and not the adventure itself. It made it stand out from many other dystopian books I've read. The virus that plagues the surviving people was very cool too and I wish it had been explored more though I'm not sure it would of fitted the tone of the story.
I look forward to reading more by this author!

The Annual Migration of Clouds follows Reid, a woman infected with a parasite called Cad - it kills others, it leaves others, and Cad also chooses to stay in the bodies of certain people, not only living off them but making its carriers do (or not do) certain things. Reid lives in a community that is attempting to survive after civilization has collapsed due to a climate disaster (and Cad). She knows all her neighbours because no one that has left the community has ever come back, and no one really knows what is outside of it for certain. One day, she receives a letter - written in real paper! - offering her a place at Howse University (what is left of civilization) as long as she can make it there in two weeks time. Reid is then conflicted by the decision of abandoning her community that needs rebuilding to go to a place that may not even exist.

I thought the novella was incredibly well written, thought-provoking, and (while not necessarily fun) interesting. I usually hate reading short fiction because I like getting to know the characters I am reading about, and I feel novellas don't quite let me do this. Mohamed managed to write her characters perfectly and explore their relationships even when the whole plot was going on.

I'll just bullet point why I think this was an awesome read because I'm out of brain juice and can't write:
- Well-crafted and eerie dystopian world,
- Great characters,
- The parasite is creepy,
- The characters are aware they lack critical information (is the parasite sentient? does the university exist? what happened to those people who left? etc.) and thus there is no such thing as easy choices,
- The cover,
- The audiobook narrator, Eva Tavares, was really good,
- It's a novella but it packs a punch.

This was a really interesting dystopian read. It was more of a novella since it didn't fully get the character development needed for a full novel. This book left me wanting more. Not necessarily for it to be longer, but I wanted more character development, more story line, more of something for it to be more meaningful or pack a punch.