The Past Is Red in Solarpunk

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The Past Is Red

Catherynne M. Valente

Start date: March 1, 2024

Finish date: July 1, 2024

Discussion: Spring Quarter Group Read

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The Past is Red
By Lena · 9 posts · 36 views

last updated Sep 01, 2024 06:33AM

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May 25, 2024 Georgann rated it liked it

Shelves: dysotopian

Not to my taste at all. Poor Tetley. How awful for her to be treated like that and bear all those scars and I don't know how she kept on living. So horrible how much we can hate one another. To me, the only remotely hopeful part of the book was the afterward from the author. ...more

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Jan 05, 2022 Kate rated it really liked it

"humans will always be Fuckwits, then no different than now. The oceans can erase our cities, but they cannot drown our existential malaise. That shit's waterproof."

The most hopeful nihilistic post apocalyptic story I've ever read. Somehow manages to weave together abject tragedy and hopelessness with joy and optimism. Somehow Tetley embodies true mindfulness, being content with what you have right now, rather than lamenting the past or living in dreams for the future.

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Jun 30, 2022 Ryan Dash rated it it was ok

Shelves: sf, novella

2 stars. This novella is an exercise in world-building and the development of one character, to the exclusion of nearly everything else. Unfortunately, the dystopia presented here is unrealistic in many respects, rendering the exercise somewhat pointless. The prose was full of run-on sentences, but this being intentional did not make them any more pleasant to read. The endings of each of the two sections did pack a fairly heavy thematic punch.

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Jan 19, 2024 Coralie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 5-stars

An absolute masterpiece. Moving at times, hilarious at others, truly so unique and beautiful in its prose. I have a sneaking suspicion that this will be my favorite book for the next long while to come.

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