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An Unkindness of Ghosts

By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
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Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, as they accuse, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for stories told around the cookfire.

Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, whom they consider to be less than human.

When the autopsy of Matilda's sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother's suicide some quarter century before, Aster retraces her mother's footsteps. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer and sowing the seeds of civil war, Aster learns there may be a way off the ship if she's willing to fight for it.

©2017 Rivers Solomon (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. African American Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Opera Heartfelt Tear-jerking Thought-Provoking Space Science Fiction African Fantasy
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The headline says it all; this is a disappointing book. The scenario, of an Ark ship in decline, is something of a cliche to start with. The tone is relentlessly depressing, not at all helped by the range of accents employed by the narrator. The characters arouse no sympathy for their situation and they are, in any case, poorly realised. All in all, not recommended.

Disappointing

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This is a dystopian novel which, although set in space, is not sci fi as such but a social commentary cloaked in a well written story.

Fabulous story, read well

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Everything from the accents and voices to the imagery conjured up by the writing, was excellent. Would recommend in a heartbeat to any scifi lovers.

Incredible story with fantastic narration

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oh this was delightful. It was such a joy to read a story about queer ND brown people. Honestly, this was a breath of fresh air. Aster is an interesting character with clear autistic qualities. I loved the way the book was performed with clear accents and different qualities. This was at times heartbreaking, gasp out loud inducing and riveting.


I listened obsessively and am desperately hoping there'll be a sequel.

a breath of fresh air

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A lot of parallels between that story and colonialism/slavery. Told in the voice of those affected, not those inflicting.

Very well told, lots of scientific facts too. I hope there's a sequel!

Incredible Story

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