![]() ![]() But on another blade, well… insolence is insolence, is it not?”Īs the book progresses, Sarya becomes obsessed with finding the last members of Humanity, and takes a number of twists in that journey. One spends so much energy attempting to install traditional values in a young and coalescing mind, and it is always rewarding to see effort yield results. On the one blade, this is a Widow rage–a towering and explosive wrath–and it is beautiful. Shenya the Widow narrowly restrains a click of approval. “Her daughter glares at the floor without answering. The opening scene of Sarya essentially throwing a temper tantrum before a tour is perfection, conveying the species differences, introducing the reader to the pervasive Network, and anchoring it in very familiar emotion. ![]() One of the initial catchy concepts is the interplay of adopted culture between Shenya the Widow, “a void-cold killer,” and Sarya, the Daughter. I would agree in that the first third was riveting, the second third interesting, although completely different, and the remaining section a bit too esoteric for my tastes. When I began it, I knew nothing except the blurb and that it knocked my friend Geoff’s mind sideways, and I looked forward to the experience. The Last Human is an intriguing sci-fi debut that has a serious case of over-reach. Read March 2020 Recommended for fans of mindbending sci-fi ★ ★ ★ ![]()
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