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Blackfish City
Sep. 22nd, 2025 08:44 pmBlackfish City by Sam J Miller is a future-set dystopian novel, about a floating city in the Arctic Circle, where organised crime syndicates battle for power with rich bureaucrats, while thousands of refugees from the Sunken World live in shipping containers and struggle to survive.
It's about oppression, societal inequality, climate change - and also about the importance of family and community. It's got a lot of heart, but it's also very grim and violent. It took me a while to get into it, but once the disparate narrative strands came together, I got a lot more invested - though I wasn't wholly happy with some of what happened right at the end.
Overall, it's got a lot of interesting things to say, some very well-drawn characters and a compelling throughline. But it's not very jolly.
It's about oppression, societal inequality, climate change - and also about the importance of family and community. It's got a lot of heart, but it's also very grim and violent. It took me a while to get into it, but once the disparate narrative strands came together, I got a lot more invested - though I wasn't wholly happy with some of what happened right at the end.
Overall, it's got a lot of interesting things to say, some very well-drawn characters and a compelling throughline. But it's not very jolly.
