Author: Nancy Kress
Synopsis: “Renata
Black is entertained by the traffic snarl caused by a rogue self-driving house –
until she spots the Org’s Tiffany Teal paint marking the house’s windowsill.
“In 2022, GMOs
were banned after a biopharmed drug caused the Catastrophe: worldwide economic
collapse, agricultural standstill, and personal tragedy for a lawyer and her
son. Ten years later, Renata, a.k.a.
Caroline Denton, is an operative of the Org, an underground group that could
save the world from itself. Their
illegal research is performed and protected by splinter cells, which are hunted
by the feds.
“Now a mole is
in the Org. Who would put the entire Org
in jeopardy? Renata is the only one who
can find out – and she will need to go to her clients in the Quinault Nation
for answers.”
Review: I did not love Sea Change, and I felt incredibly guilty for that for several days. Usually I love anything by Nancy Kress, so it took me awhile to come up with the courage to write this review. But it’s one miss out of dozens of novels for this author. The writing was quality work, exactly what I would expect from Nancy Kress. It was the story, the actual plot, that I felt was lacking. It’s as if a lot more thought went into the agenda behind the story (promoting GMO’s) than into creating the story itself. The main character of Renata was extremely unlikable, which is not always a deal breaker. You don’t have to care about the characters if the plot is good enough to hold your attention; unfortunately the plot wasn’t that good. If you’ve never read anything by Nancy Kress, I recommend you read some of her work… just not this one.
***I was provided a free copy of the book via NetGalley
in exchange for an honest review.***
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Skip this book and try one of these instead:
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless #1) by Nancy Kress
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Goldilocks by Laura Lam
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