Slow River, Nicola Griffith
Review from July 2nd, 2013
I don’t think I read the summary of Slow River when I bought it. It wasn’t familiar at all when I started reading it, anyway. And I… kind of liked that. Everything was a surprise. I loved the careful unfolding of the threefold narrative, the careful bringing to light of secrets you begin to feel you should’ve known all along. And I loved that LGBT relationships were normal, just taken for granted. I loved that the main character learns all sorts of things about privilege and the lack of it.
I even loved the slow plot. I never thought I’d find a book focused on a water remediation plant and the family that own the technology surrounding it so fascinating, but it really was. I love it when someone takes something so necessary but unseen to our modern lives and just expands it a little, showing how vital it is and could be.
Very much looking forward to the other Nicola Griffith books I have, now.
Rating: 4/5
Yay! Don’t often get a chance to talk about Nicola Griffith – except for Hild, which is widely known and literally my least favorite.
I still need to read Hild. And Ammonite. And… The Blue Place? Was that the title? I have them all. Just. Getting round to it!
The Blue Place is the title. And I liked Hild okay it’s not that I think it’s bad it’s just…not my fave and usually the only one people talk about!
Which is your favourite?
Hmm possibly The Blue Place. Ammonite is more SFnal though.
Luckily, I am not wedded to any one genre, so I’m sure I’ll give The Blue Place a fair trial.
I still need to finish both Hild and Ammonite, but you make this one sound so good too!
I remember really liking it!