Here's what you can expect from The Unmapping:

- A narration style that I describe as "chatty." It wonderfully captures speech and thought patterns in a way that makes it feel like the narrator is truly sitting down to tell you a story.

- A literary leaning contemporary sci-fi.

- Our main character, Esme, who finds that amid large-scale chaos, she also has things to face about herself and her relationship with her fiance, who is missing. Where is he, and why?

- Our other main character, Arjun, who wants to be a hero, to matter to the people around him, and that, at times, is achingly relatable and, at times, acutely disconcerting.

- A cult? In this economy?

- An honest look at who gets impacted most by disaster and how society views them

- A book that is both very human and a little alien that will create a memorable reading experience.

If this is the author’s debut, sign me up for everything she ever writes. What an amazing and unique book! Imagine waking up to find that your house is no longer on your street. That’s what’ is happening in The Unmapping. Streets and landmarks are simply ….moving. People need GPS coordinates to find their job, ambulances cannot get to sick people because their location keeps changing. And these changes are not simply inconvenient; they cause disasters and chaos. Well-written with excellent character development and a plot filled with relentless action, this is an incredible story that I can’t recommend enough!

Thanks so much for the opportunity to read!

Thank you to NetGalley and to Bindery Books for the ARC of The Unmapping by Denise S Robbins.

This novel is like a reverse version of what we all experienced during pandemic lock downs - instead of being stuck in one place, the buildings of NYC physically move every morning at 4am, causing layers of chaos in infrastructure and general human functioning, while leaving people lost in place. This is the unmapping, a phenomenon that began in a tiny town in Wisconsin that makes Christmas trees and is now spreading across the globe.

Our journey follows Esme and Arjun, 20-something emergency management team workers both trying to navigate the new world. Esme is anxious to find her fiance and to solve problems through statistics behind the screen, while Arjun is desperate to be noticed and be a hero on the streets. Together they end up connected to the highs and lows of the unmapping and humanity itself.

The first 30% very much seems simply about Esme and Arjun and their individual journeys in the first week of the unmapping. I think after that point aspects of the novel may have gone over my head (or maybe I was thinking too hard about where to place them). I so much wanted the answers to lie within the "red cloak" cults and the trutrees and the apartment collapse, but in the end I'm not sure I entirely understood the message of the novel overall outside of my more basic understanding of Esme and Arjun as people. I've been thinking about the novel for two days since finishing it, but I feel like I'm missing something even though I really enjoyed it.

I think this was very creatively done and very well written. Robbins captures that sense of loss wen surrounded by others that was so strongly felt during the lockdowns, yet it's turned entirely on its head. There is a focus on the environment, the types of energy and power we need to avoid catastrophes, and the damage of excess/corporations/corruption that lead to problems great and small in communities and global scales. I enjoyed that Arjun and Esme were 23 and 26 - they are young but are holding massive responsibility - much like our younger generations currently feel about the state of the world, the climate and their place in it. While their actions still showed some of their room to grow up as people, they were both so willing to take on the responsibility in an emergency management system that relegated them to the background in a time when those in power had no real direction themselves.

The story wastes no time plunging into its central crisis: the mysterious “Unmapping,” an unexplained phenomenon that sees New York’s geography continuously rearranging itself. Skyscrapers appear on beaches, entire neighborhoods vanish, and the city’s infrastructure collapses under the weight of disarray. Yet, there’s no apocalyptic destruction—just an eerie reshuffling that leaves the residents bewildered, stranded, and searching for answers.

Esme Green and Arjun Varma, members of New York’s Emergency Management team, anchor the novel’s emotional and narrative core. Esme’s struggle to navigate bureaucratic chaos while privately mourning the disappearance of her fiancé adds a personal urgency to the city’s crisis. In contrast, Arjun embodies boots-on-the-ground heroism, his efforts to save stranded and disoriented residents driven by altruism, and his need for meaning. Together, they provide a human lens through which the novel's more significant questions—identity, loss, and survival—are explored.

What sets The Unmapping apart is its ability to weave thrilling disaster fiction with deeper reflections on societal resilience and fragility—the novel grapples with climate change, political unrest, and collective uncertainty in incredibly timely ways. The emergence of mysterious “red cloak” cults, who find meaning in the chaos, adds another layer of intrigue, underscoring humanity’s tendency to search for order—even in disarray.

Readers will feel the weight of empty streets, the tension of fractured communities, and the awe of a skyline in perpetual flux. Yet, beneath the shifting geography lies a story of human connection—of individuals forced to confront who they are when their literal and figurative foundations are stripped away.

The publisher provided ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I am so grateful to the Bindery platform for elevating stories like The Unmapping and ensuring they get to readers' hands. Denise S. Robbins' The Unmapping was a fun, confusing, and slightly stressful tale, and I couldn't have enjoyed it more if I tried.

This book had a great plot with intriguing characters. I’ll definitely be looking out for more from this author.

How to describe this book? It’s a big-brained, high concept, depressing-but-not, hopeful-but-not examination of the absurdity of living in a world we KNOW is made of intense and institutionalised inequality, a world we KNOW we are making uninhabitable for human life at an alarming, near-future rate, and in a society we KNOW is increasingly built around keeping us as isolated from each other as we can.

It’s a book that asks how we can cling to our humanity amidst the catastrophe that is modern human existence, how we can forge real connections with each other, who we can trust with our precious stores of faith, and how we can make the most of our small lives while we have the gift of them. But it asks none of this explicitly, instead building a tapestry of intensely lonely (occasionally unlikable, though always understandable) people already trying to survive in an odd world that suddenly becomes even odder.

The narrative is disjointed (which is thematically appropriate) and the answers to the questions it asks are largely left to you to find, but Robbins’ effective and chatty writing style keeps the book from becoming too overwhelmingly cerebral. If you’ve loved Hank Green’s Carl books, anything by Emily St. John Mandel, or Orbital by Samantha Harvey, then this is the contemplative, slightly weird contemporary sci-fi for you.

Thanks to Bindery for the digital ARC. I am a member/supporter of the Mareas Bindery imprint, but this review and rating is an honest one.

Thank you Bindery Books and Netgalley.

This book is definitely unique in such a way I can't really summarize my feelings on it. This whole experience feels like I'm there. Not as a person stuck in this crisis but more so as a ghost. Only able to view and watch everything unravel. Denise S. Robbins wrote this not only in a beautiful way but also in a manner that just makes you wish the story was longer. However I think the actual plot has an amazing pace and overall story. The pacing works as it allows each character to genuinely become a better version for one but also allowing for us readers to truly understand their mind. The story is also really unique at least for me I have never read a cli- fi but this book has opened my eyes to the untapped potential of this genre.

Looooooved this atmospheric and introspective novel with themes of community, what we owe one another, and climate collapse realities!

What a unique and amazing premise. Combining contemporary/literary fiction and sci fi was such a clever idea. I thought the writing style was great in how it really captured the intricate thinking and feelings of each character.. Hitting on these huge, heavy social issues while also creating a story that had you really caring about these characters.

i think literary sci fi is one of my favorite forms of sci fi, the same way literary horror is one of my favorite forms of horror— & it’s just as well that i love the pulp of both :D this one, though, steers more literary. very high-concept as i’ve come to expect from near-future sci fi, this book really digs into the human condition & what being human means in our world (and the world to come). gorgeous prose & a story that requires you to come to your own conclusions instead of holding your hand through the answers.

This was a terrifying concept and worked well in this universe, it had that strong element that I was looking for and was hooked from the first page. The characters had that element that I was hoping for and enjoyed getting to know them in this. It had that disaster element that I wanted and enjoyed getting to go on this terrifying journey. Denise S. Robbins has a great writing style and can't wait for more.

4/5 stars
Thank you NetGalley and Bindery Books for the e-arc!
First read of the year and I’m starting it in a really good place. The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins.
When I first read the synopsis of this book, I found it so fascinating. The premise and the idea was interesting and so original. Also, I’m automatically drawn to stories in New York. And I was so right to be excited about this book.
I have to admit the sci-fi aspect of the book felt a little underwhelming for me, specifically the explanations of the unmapping. But it compensated in the human aspect of the stories unfolding. How human beings can react so differently to crisis and catastrophe, but also being interconnected by the same events. So you can see the invisible strings between them. Everyone trying to survive and find an explanation, even if it’s not real or doesn’t actually make rational sense. Making choices to remain as human as possible and go through something that changes everything, and trying the stay the same. It’s frustrating, and confusing, and distressing, and hopeful, all together at the same time. Incredibly human at it’s core.
The Unmapping comes out June 3rd, and I can’t wait for everyone to have the chance to read it!

I love this book!! !I love how it was confusing and there was mass confusion during the entire city being swapped into different buildings all overnight. No one knows what's going on, and that made it so interesting and a great story!! I really liked this!


Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

Wow! This book absolutely blew me away. I knew from reading the description it was going to be different, and I don't want to give anything away, just know that you want to read this book!

The Unmapping was one of my most anticipated books for 2025, due to its very unique and intriguing premise (and not to mention, stunning cover). And I do think it delivered. The setting is New York, and one day the city wakes up to every single building having moved, and this continues to happen every day at 4 am. This becomes known as The Unmapping. Since the buildings themselves move but not their surrounding plot, many buildings are cut off from their gas and electricity lines. Many people go missing as well as they leave their houses in the morning as usual, only to not find their way back at the end of the day, and one boy is caught underground. What ensues is a very disorienting life as the city and its inhabitants try to figure out what's going on, how everyone is affected, and how to create a new normal.

We mainly follow Esme and Arjun. Esme is a woman who works at the Emergency Management Department and whose job is to try and manage some of this crisis. Her fiancé is a journalist who is the person to first expose that this very phenomenon has happened before in a small town. There is a sub-plot as well about this town and the strange things going on there (major cult vibes), beyond just the Unmapping. Once The Unmapping comes to New York, he is one of the people who go missing. Our other main character is my favourite — Arjun, a lonely, fedora wearing man who also works at the Emergency Management Department, but more on the ground. They are friends, and Arjun is in love with Esme without her knowledge.

The writing style is quite simple yet effective and distinctive in a way I can't quite put my finger on. It's very straightforward, and poses a lot of questions throughout in a bit of a stream of consciousness way. The pacing lies somewhere in the middle. Because it's so easy to read, it keeps drawing me forward and I keep wanting to pick it up to find out what's going to happen, yet sometimes not much actually happens. It's not a very plot driven book, despite this very intriguing event. It's more like studies of these characters all drawn together by this crazy event — how they are affected by it and respond to it. One interesting writing device Robbins uses is that she doesn't always give the side characters names, which to me feels like a way of showing that these are just one response, or one experience out of millions affected by this. I found myself wishing some side plots had more space to be explored, especially the one around the first town to be Unmapped, and the journalist living there, I found that story very interesting but it was left a little unfinished.

Overall a very solid debut novel, 4.25. I’ve never before heard of a similar premise, and it was a very interesting lightly sci-fi twist on more realistic climate fiction with some interesting societal analyses. I would be very keen to read more from this author in the future. Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with the e-ARC!

Phenomenally strange! Oh how I loved it. The concept of Unmapping itself had me instantly enthralled, the character shifts and general sense of oddness had me turning each page even faster knowing that I was never going to get enough answers for this to seem logical. Nor did I need to! I just got to have a great time in this wonderfully weird world that also had some solid points about politics, climate change, and of course, Christmas.

This book was given to me in exchange for a free review by NetGalley.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bindery Books for providing this ARC. All opinions are my own.

Wow, what a great start to the reading year! This book is full of complex, compelling characters, and I was so invested in them. Esme, grappling with her fractured relationship with her fiance paired with her organized personality. Arjun's anxiousness, his compulsive desire to feel needed and do good, was resonant. By the end, it was sweet and powerful to see Arjun overcoming his anxiety, Esme reframing her life around herself — how far both of them came. At times I felt their pain, was exasperated by their choices, was buoyed by their hope. Always, I was captivated. In some ways it felt like watching a friend grow.

The flow-of-consciousness writing style I think is so different from anything I've ever read and I love the literary/speculative mix! Here, it’s striking and suits the anxious tension of the narrative. And this world — it felt chaotically true. I loved moments where, despite people bracing against things they couldn’t understand, they still found unity, connection, hope - a light in the midst of an ocean of uncertainty. This unity came through especially in the narration, and I loved the way all those disparate plotlines and perspectives wove together so fluidly into a really breathless ending. I shivered! I ached. This book left me feeling thoughtful, and awed, and warm — it felt like waiting for spring. It felt like stepping into a movie and leaving open-jawed. Just wow! 

“But this has been a year of miracles. Miracles as big as flying buildings and as small as the pinky finger that has learned how to stay still. As big and invisible as love. The miracle of existing. The miracle of moving.” — The Unmapping.

The premise of The Unmapping immediately drew me in: New York City’s buildings rearrange themselves every night, leaving the city in chaos with missing landmarks, a broken power grid, and mysterious cults emerging in the aftermath. The first 100 pages take their time setting up the world, but once the story gains momentum, it becomes really engaging.

There’s a diverse cast of characters whose lives become intertwined as they navigate the challenges of this ever-changing city. I enjoyed following their different journeys and seeing how they handled the constant upheaval. This book kept me thinking about how I would act if the world around me was always changing, and I’m really glad I picked it up.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bindery Books for the e-ARC!

The premise of this book immediately caught my attention. I've been fascinated by cli-fi stories for a while where authors examine how climate change and disasters impact humans and how people form community and come together in times of need. In particular, I found the POV of our two main characters to be really interesting. Esme and Arjun both work at New York's emergency management team and they are tasked with managing the distaster response for "The Unmapping".

I'd say this was more of a literary leaning sci-fi, where there was a focus on the individual characters. Personally, I loved this aspect of the book and also really enjoyed how the author showed us other POV characters (who were often unnamed) and illustrated how all these characters were interconnected and showcased the struggles they were encountering.

The writing for this book was sharp, witty, and definitely chatty. Sometimes I felt like I was reading the characters' stream of consciousness (especially Arjun's). I found this style of writing to be griping and helped me connect with the characters and root for them. Arjun in particular, was such a fascinating character to me, especially because I think there are many people who want to be "heroes" and want to feel needed in times of need.

There were some subplots that I couldn't really wrap my head around (re: the cult and the explanation for the Unmapping), but I think the character work in this book was splendid.

Super excited to see the author's upcoming works!

I was really excited to dive into this book because I found the blurb fascinating and boy it did not disappoint. Such an interesting take, Robbins take us in an incredible journey with a very unique story. I loved the setting, the characters and the writing. I can't wait to hear more about this author!.

The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbin’s was a pleasant surprise. I choose to read this book because the idea of the unmapping was unusual and intriguing. I found that this novel took a much deeper turn into what life is. Reading through each character’s perspective on this new way of life was eye opening. The unmapping wasn’t just about the movement of buildings throughout the city, but the personal movement of these individuals and how life’s changes impacted them. This book hoped around a lot in perspectives, which was a bit confusing at first, but I was able to connect with the characters and understand the movement from one perspective to another. The author did a great job at taking a simple idea and making a huge impact. I think readers will really enjoy the creativity of this book as well as the depth of this novel. This book sheds light on the uncertainty of life, but shows that humanity can get through it by working together on the things we can control. The unmapping represents the randomness of life, and each charge there reacts differently to theses changes. It was enlightening to read this novel and connect the pieces together.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was unique and really made me think about what I was reading. It took me some time to connect with the characters, but once I really got into the story, I enjoyed it.

“You have to really look at a place, for among time, to see it clear…I know the opposite is also true, I’m guessing it’s that way with you, you loved this place so hard you turned blind.”

The Unmapping isn’t a book about Emergency Management and broken systems that are trying their best regardless. It isn’t a book about grief, trauma, or the ever changing nature of reality. It isn’t even really about community and the inevitable flaws of humanity in close contact. It’s all of those, and something so much more.

I love surrealism because it forces your brain into taking this obsene, absurd premise of a city shuffling its buildings around, as straight fact. You step over the initial hump of shock and awe and into the world with parallels to reality you can’t even fully grasp. At least that’s what happens for me. The reality is that this version of the end of the world probably isn’t going to happen but we as readers and as humans living in modern post-capitalism have already experienced the end of the world over and over and over again.

What’s next is the interesting part. When we figure out how to get into the nitty gritty dirt band work of hurting each other and asking forgiveness. Causing new problems by fixing old ones. Holding hands across the street to stand up against chaos and indifference. We live in a society and part of the reason our messy culture loves to write stories set in NYC is because its parallels to that society are so clear. Cities are the place where chaos and order smash into each other, gridded roads coming right up to the edge of a river that isn’t a river. Boroughs and neighborhoods that are so culturally defined they forgot where the geographic boundaries are supposed to be. So many people standing on the same street corner each wrapped in their own bubble of anonymity. These dicotomies aren’t opposites, they are continuations. Contradictions are the only way we’re going to save the world, by letting it end again and again.

this book is glorious and while writing this review I bumped my rating from 4.5 to 5⭐️ Thank you for sharing.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bindery to be able to read this early!!

I have never enjoyed a book where I disliked almost the entire cast of characters until this one. The concept of becoming unmapped and untethered to what is important to you is really unsettling. I honestly don’t know how I’d react to it.

What ended up not working for me was how much telling versus showing we got. Don’t get me wrong!! I did enjoy the chatty feel of the narration and with the swapping of perspectives, it seemed necessary. But I really enjoyed when we switched to the side characters because it was through moments they had with the main characters where the reflection worked.

Anyway! I don’t think this book will be for everyone. And that’s okay! I’d honestly love more sci fi concepts written by the author because while this wasn’t a perfect book for me, I finished it during a single flight. It was engaging and kept my attention.

Guys, I think I like speculative fiction! This was my first real foray into the genre, and I’m so glad it was. This started out weird and got weirder throughout, but the way it was done made me ask so many questions and really got my brain working. Amidst the chaos of the disaster at hand the author did a great job of providing perspectives of characters that felt incredibly real. Not good people, not bad people, just people navigating an unprecedented time. It made me think of how I would respond in this kind of situation and what I would deem most important in my life.

I really enjoyed the completely new premise mixed into a very familiar setting. Who can say that in the last five years they haven’t experienced “unprecedented” times? I finished the book wondering about the importance of a sense of self and a sense of community. Two very important elements of life and yet two of the most overlooked. Ok, I’m feeling like I’m about to slip too far into the philosophical so I’ll stop there.

I do have to admit that while reading the emergency services sections, I had to shut off the part of my brain that used to be one of those nerds behind a computer during emergency response operations. There were absolute inconsistencies with how actual response operations would have worked in the real world, particularly with how much decision making power the mayor has, but I digress it added to the story. And this is a work of fiction.

Now, about the book itself, I really enjoyed it overall and the ending was strong. Heck, the ending left me confused but okay with the understanding that I don’t have to understand everything. I loved the feeling of just being thrust into these complex character’s lives and only learning the bare minimum about their past selves. My only criticism is that the middle of the book felt like it meandered a little. There were some perspectives that dragged and a couple inner monologues that could have used some editing down in my opinion. Other than that, my complaints were minimal.

If you’re looking to dip your tow into speculative fiction, this is a great starter! Just be ready to not get all the answers or for anyone’s story to be wrapped up in a perfect bow. Much like life, you get the sense their stories aren’t over. I will absolutely be looking for more books written by Robbins in the future.

A page-turner. This book had me gripped from the start. The unraveling and rebuilding as experienced through the unraveling of physical space and personal inner maps. A fantastic, unique plot for exploring the human experience.

I feel like this is going to be a book that people react strongly to one way or the other. I personally really enjoyed it.

The premise is so intriguing, and I appreciated the way Robbins delves into the way different people and communities react to times of extreme upheaval and uncertainty. Perhaps because I read it during a tumultuous political time when those around me were reeling, it felt particularly relevant and insightful.

Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for the chance to read a digital ARC in advance of publication.

This is a really gripping sci-fi that tackles a wide range of important themes, within a complex framework of life-threatening disasters, tense interpersonal relationships and grassroots social revolution (all lightly sprinkled with cults & conspiracies). My sincere thanks to NetGalley & Bindery Books for sending me this ARC in exchange for an honest review; this was such a compelling & rewarding read!

The narrative style is engaging in its down-to-earth, stream-of-consciousness style that really helps you get in the heads of the characters. I felt the choice to deliberately keep some characters nameless was very effective, driving home the feeling of being small & insignificant (in some positive ways as well as negative) when facing a global crisis that is so much bigger than you.

I related a great deal to the fear and solitude being explored for many of the characters, as well as the heartfelt depiction of community mindset, and of individuals standing up to do whatever they can, no matter how small-scale, to help others against impossible odds.

There were parts of the plot that I struggled to keep up with. I’m not sure I understand the purpose of the cult subplot, and my scientific knowledge is nowhere near good enough to tell you if any of the possible explanations given for why the Unmapping came about hold water or not. But I didn’t find myself put off by any of that; it was a fun ride & thought experiment, and I enjoyed the journey either way.

I recommend this book to anyone keen on sci-fi centred around climate-change or global disaster - also potentially fans of Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ or the TV series ‘The OA’ - who enjoy exploring the everyday human impact & themes of social justice within that setting.

There are a few potentially sensitive topics covered in this book, so I will include some Content Warnings below for those who find them helpful. So fair warning to STOP READING HERE TO AVOID MINOR SPOILERS.

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Content Warnings:
- bereavement, including loss of a parent & spouse, and grief relating to missing persons
- bigotry, including ableism, classism, racism & misogyny
- claustrophobia & fear of being buried alive
- cult brainwashing & manipulation
- domestic violence (briefly mentioned, not depicted)
- drug use/addiction & dealing (briefly mentioned twice, not depicted)
- lockdown/stay-at-home requirement
- mental health, including depression & anxiety, and ableist attitudes towards medication
- police brutality & racially-motivated violence
- sexual content (mild)
- sexual harassment
- suicide (mentioned, not depicted)
- violence & blood - including explosions, gun violence & gang violence

This book gave me anxiety in the best way. Set in New York City, we follow Esme as she travels to work at the Emergency Response Department to find that the city has unmapped itself. No one knows why or how it's happening, but at 4am each day, the city rearranges itself in a seemingly unknowable pattern. The Empire State Building ends up on Coney Island. People are missing or trapped underneath buildings. There are cults popping up everywhere. Why are there so many aluminum Christmas trees?
Robbins does a great job with the tone of this book. We see the Unmapping through several different perspectives which occasionally get flipped on their head. The narrative voice is always breezy and conversational even when we're unsure who we're following. We feel the despair and confusion of the city and we feel the small bright light of communities being forged from the darkness. It's a wide portrait of a country in crisis.
I will say that the book felt disjointed in places. There were some sections that skimmed past something crucial or focused on a seemingly unimportant section of the story for too long. This book has a gigantic premise and it does its best to present as many facets of that premise as it can squeeze into its pages. I enjoyed jumping around and seeing all of the different points of view, but I can see how some people could find it too scattered.
This was an anxiety-inducing but ultimately enjoyable read and I recommend it to anyone interested in speculative fiction about climate change and its many possible effects on our future. A great reminder that, in the end, our human connections are what make everything possible.
Thank you to Bindery Books and NetGalley for providing me with this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

In the early hours of the morning, New York City experiences The Unmapping. Parks, green spaces and roads stay in place, but buildings rearrange themselves overnight, every night. Imagine the Empire State building on Coney Island. Few are prepared for the disaster. Esme Green of the city’s emergency management team wades through the city’s response while desperately seeking for her missing fiancé. Arjun Varma, her coworker, takes on the ground-level response of rescuing disoriented New Yorkers. The first day takes up nearly the first half of the book, but after that we learn how the city comes to cope with the tragedy. The city becomes a hot spot for theories of what might have caused the phenomena that begins to spread to other densely populated areas, as well as host to a mysterious cult with links to Wisconsin where it all began. The author does a good job of delving into the political unrest and the breakdown of society that could follow such an event as well as the science for how one might deal with the repercussions of waking up every day in a new place.

Thanks so much to Netgalley, Bindery, and Mareas for the advanced ebook in exchange for an honest review.
New York City - the buildings seemingly rearrange themselves in the middle of the night. And the MC is tasked with getting things under control while searching for her missing partner.
I really enjoyed this one, but there were a few elements I felt did not work that stopped me from giving a 5 star review. I felt the pacing was off in the beginning, and the writing style takes some getting used to. The premise was profound but I felt the execution was lacking, I didn't realize the book kind of shucked fantastical elements in lieu of political, social, and speculative themes. I did enjoy the themes of friendship and relationships.
About 50% was when the pacing picked up, and then I stayed up all night to finish. So overall I enjoyed the work and will read more from this author.