Daph
A book that feels a little surreal to read in 2025 considering it's depiction of a dystopian USA set in the 2020's. A very grim setting that ultimately tells a story of about the power of hope and community; not in a feel good way but the importance of those aspects to our very survival. Still the book never really clicked with me. Felt perhaps I read the story a bit too late considering the state of the world. Things are in a way worse than Octavia could've foreseen. Going to space is a far away as the heavens in our reality.
Reading this with the hindsight of Covid is impossible given the differences in how China vs the US handled the outbreak. The blatant Zionism is also gross. A fun concept destroyed by a writer who clearly thinks they're much smarter than they are.