Goliath | 
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so-soOnyebuchi is a great writer & this book is full of ideas, big & small—set in a post-apocalyptic [plausible] future, it deals with race, gentrification, urbanism, incarceration & more. It is definitely political & Onyebuchi definitely has things to say & yet, as well-written as it is & as interesting as the ideas are, I didn‘t find this story as compelling as some of his other books including Riot Baby which I loved.
Just saw that Time named the tagged book one of its “100 Must Read Books of 2022” and who am I to argue? Also, it‘s been sitting on my shelves long enough. This is as good a time as any to start reading!
pickI found this a little hard to get into because there are a LOT of characters and time/ setting jumps. But once I started settling in to it I really liked it.
It‘s a dystopian futuristic book, definitely a social commentary that brings current issues into the future. One of the main themes is colonialism and gentrification, as we see white people who had fled Earth start returning a generation later after some of the climate crisis has passed.
pickOn a near-future Earth, multiple calamities have poisoned the planet, white people have fled to a space colony, and black and brown people are left behind. There‘s a lot going on in this book, and I‘m not sure I got it all, but it‘s a compelling social commentary.
I stopped in to Black Pearl Books new location to pick up Goliath, and walked out with 3 books. We all know how that goes, huh?
Venkman is investigating the new additions. Of course.
pickThis was no easy read, in part because the story jumps around in time, place and POV, but even more so because of the intense subject matter. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where the affluent have fled a poisoned Earth for the Colony space station, Goliath projects contemporary issues of police brutality, climate injustice, pollution in poor areas, cruelty toward the incarcerated, and gentrification onto a near-future dystopian canvas. Haunting.
pickDystopian post-apocalyptic future story, with a new Wild West, and urban migration. I enjoyed the first half of this but a little disappointed with the end. The book is filled with many characters and is primarily third person, multiple points of view, and a few sections of first person narrative. In the second half I had a little trouble making connections, but it came back together a little. I‘d give this a 7/10. Overall a pick, worth reading.
I love this description of a fly. Don‘t worry… this guy probably deserves it.
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi, Mickey7 by Edward Ashton and The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller
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