![]() ![]() That extends to the plot of this novel, by the way. ![]() For the most part, though, a reader will have to pay attention and put the pieces together themselves. ![]() Here and there, her (general) narrator, Mycroft Canner, will stop and address the reader, dropping more information. Palmer has built an extremely complex world, and she has effectively managed to do it without much in the way of info dumping. Nevertheless, we shall endeavor to explain what we like and don’t like about this book, and give it a very solid 3 /5 stars, based on its general inventiveness. We could go on, really, but we’ll stop here. The fourth practically requires a passing familiarity with Homer, philosophy, probably the majority of the world religions, the Enlightenment, and more. On the third, it’s about the ideas of religion and what happens when it’s sort-of-but-not-really-banned. On another level, it’s about gender and performances thereof. ![]() Sure, on its face it’s about a world in which nations have been replaced with Hives, and how those Hives have avoided war for hundreds of years. The same is true of the first book, Too Like the Lightning. It’s hard to really say what Ada Palmer’s Seven Surrenders is about in one sentence. By Cheryl Wassenaar 6 years ago Ada Palmer’s Seven Surrenders classifies as science fiction, but its wide breadth of references and well-tangled plot make it a book many might enjoy. ![]()
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