Camp Zero
By Michelle Min Sterling
291 pages
What’s it about?
It is 2049 and 25-year-old Rose is a sex worker living in a floating city- safe from the heat and rising waters. She takes on a dangerous new assignment, from her boss Damien, on his pledge that she will be done with this life and he will secure she and her mother a new future. But going North is not what she expected.
What did it make me think about?
What a grim future she paints for the world.
Should I read it?
This dystopian novel had much to recommend. The plot keeps moving and Rose was a likable character. The premise that climate change had caused this apocalyptic future was a little disturbing- but also very timely. While the first half of the book pulls you in- I didn’t love the last third of the book as well. It seemed like the author may have run out of steam and just tried to find a way to wrap up the novel quickly.
Quote-
“The summer people equated the furnishings with a more innocent era when a hot summer was merely a hot summer and not symptomatic of the uncertain present.”What’s it about?
It is 2049 and 25-year-old Rose is a sex worker living in a floating city- safe from the heat and rising waters. She takes on a dangerous new assignment, from her boss Damien, on his pledge that she will be done with this life and he will secure she and her mother a new future. But going North is not what she expected.
What did it make me think about?
What a grim future she paints for the world.
Should I read it?
This dystopian novel had much to recommend. The plot keeps moving and Rose was a likable character. The premise that climate change had caused this apocalyptic future was a little disturbing- but also very timely. While the first half of the book pulls you in- I didn’t love the last third of the book as well. It seemed like the author may have run out of steam and just tried to find a way to wrap up the novel quickly.
Quote-
“The summer people equated the furnishings with a more innocent era when a hot summer was merely a hot summer and not symptomatic of the uncertain present.”
