They chose not to, because the existence of places like the labor camps outside Sao Paulo ensured there was a life worse than the one they offered. “The corps were rich enough to provide for everyone. The quote below is the last one that I’ll share, and I feel like this one really nails one of the problems we face regarding our past, present, and most likely, future society. But for the sake of future readers’ maximum enjoyment, I’ll refrain from doing so. I highlighted a ridiculous amount of passages in this book and I truly wish I could just paste them all here. War, conflicts, and the illusion of free choices were some of the most important themes being discussed and they were delivered with destructive impact. Just check out the first page if you don’t believe me the first page alone hooked me immediately and it didn’t let up until the final page. The Light Brigade was written with so much emotion and passion it felt to me like Hurley was truly pouring her feelings into every page. I’d like to talk about how relevant I found the passages and conflicts discussed in this book. “The heroes were always the ordinary people who pursued extraordinary change.” Writing this review without calling Dietz by any gender pronouns was difficult enough, and I can’t even imagine the task of writing a full novel with this approach. Dietz is a character that would totally work with any gender that readers prefer and in my opinion, this was a super refreshing reading experience in SFF. However, in All Systems Red, I found myself thinking that the main character is a female robot that’s simply not the case here. This reminded me of Martha Well’s All Systems Red, where the main character is a robot and there are no gender nouns to label it. Noticed that I haven’t mentioned Dietz’s gender in my review? There wasn’t any instance where Dietz was called or mentioned by gender. Revolutions rely on the tireless work of faceless masses whose lives mean so little individually that their names weren’t known to their movements even when alive.”Īs if this novel hasn’t been crafted cleverly enough, Hurley implemented an absolutely brilliant take on creating a character that doesn’t require a gender label. “Don’t tell me every revolution is peaceful. Hurley’s prose is very effective at making sure that readers will be able to follow what’s going on even the tech and gadgets being used in the story were explained efficiently. This novel could’ve easily been inaccessible to readers who are not invested in this particular sub-genre but I really don’t think that will be the case here. The Light Brigade is a military sci-fi that focuses on futuristic war a prominent time travel element featuring multiple timelines also dominated the narrative. No need to worry here easy accessibility is definitely one of the most evident strengths in Hurley’s visceral storytelling. For people protected by the perpetuation of horrors on others.”įrom what I’ve heard throughout the years, military sci-fi isn’t really what I’d call the most accessible sub-genre out there some readers I know who love sci-fi have mentioned that the sci-fi weapons and tech commonly utilized in the sub-genre can be distracting and difficult to understand/visualize. But more often than we’d like to admit, there is no greater evil, just an exchange of one set of oppressive horrors with another. “I believe there’s sometimes a greater evil that must be vanquished. In the journey towards becoming a Paladin, Dietz finds that the matter of being a hero isn’t something as simple as exacting revenge or participating in a war that requires soldiers to follow orders with blind obedience. After a case of desynchronized combat drop from the platoons, Dietz ends up experiencing war differently, leading to a stream of questions regarding sanity, time, freedom, and the purpose of war. The Corps uses an advanced technology that’s able to break down any matter into particles of light-look at the cover art-and transfer them anywhere they want. With mind completely concentrated on revenge, Dietz joined the corporate army. In this superbly written military sci-fi, The Blink has taken everything of importance away from Dietz in the blink-see what I did here?-of an eye. What do you do when you lose everything? Taking vengeance against the perpetrator seems to be the most common and logical path to follow. Fear doesn’t inspired anything like love does.” Fear always works to build order, in the short term. “I suppose it’s an old story, isn’t it? The oldest story. The Light Brigade is my first sci-fi read of the year (shocking, I know) and it’s also the first time I’ve read a book by Kameron Hurley I assure you it won’t be the last.
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