"The Eden Complex" by Elise Leise
Posted by Margaret Walker on Monday, January 13, 2020 Under: Book Reviews
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Tags: elise-leise futuristic fantasy dystopian science-fiction novella short-stories
It took me longer to review the novella than to read it!
It is nicely edited. I found two small typos in the entire MS.
The ideas of power, desire and human aspirations are quite exciting and, although the vignettes that comprise this novella are evocative, the author could, if she liked, flesh out the characters. That would help the reader because, for such a short novel, there are a lot of characters.
The briefness of the vignettes creates tension and drama. It is dramatic and elegantly written but I feel that the author knows her world very well and I would like her to share more of it with me.
However, I am vaguely haunted by the thought that someone who loves this style would instantly connect with it and not need the novel to be any longer than it is. The emotions and actions that the author describes are immediate, as if she is living them herself, which I guess is something we all strive for. I asked my daughter and she said, yes, she loves vignettes.
Three and a half stars but, for a lover of vignettes, it could be four.
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