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How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

Start date: September 1, 2022

Finish date: September 30, 2022

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HHWGitD: 2 Chapters in: I hope the story pays off
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Feb 15, 2022 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: grief-and-death, reviewcopy, read2022, netgalley, ebooks, sci-fi-fantasy, post-apocalypse-and-dystopia, february, 2022-laser

This was a fantastic read..it starts with a man visiting the Arctic to see where his scientist daughter died, all because a virus that the melting polar ice has revealed. From there the story moves through new characters and pieces in a global virus situation. Many of the characters are Japanese American or even just Japanese, many are scientists deep in the thick of working on aspects of the virus, but there are other characters that come up as well. The topics of death and dying are rich with ...more

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Aug 25, 2022 John Wiswell rated it it was amazing

A powerful novel that jumps along the timeline of a bizarre pandemic to show us many of the different faces of grief and loss. A mysterious plague is mutating people's organs, such that your heart and lungs clog with brain cells. The most surprising part is the amount of time that passes between chapters, and sometimes the wildness of the pivots, as a new point-of-view can completely recontextualize everything you've read up until now. It's something I can't bring myself to spoil.

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Dec 18, 2022 Dave rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, sf, audiobook, japanese

There are a few exceptional chapters in this novel about a plague-struck world, particularly chapter 2, where sick children are brought to ride a rollercoaster that kills them. However, the latter chapters are not so memorable and start to get a little repetitious. It doesn't quite nail the landing but is still a memorable listen. ...more

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