![]() ![]() They have their flaws, and their conflicts with each other, and it makes them just so much more rich and well-developed. Not in a “too good to be true” sort of way, either. They weren’t just believable, they were likable. ![]() ![]() I think it’s largely because the characters are crafted with such nuance, they felt like real people and I was incredibly invested in what happened to them. It’s hard for me to exactly pin point why this book worked so well for me. What does happen, when people are still working into their 80s, 90s, maybe even past 100, and there’s not enough work and money to go around? How far would a young person go to get a coveted job? When you see the lengths that young Kiki is willing to go to get the approval of Minh and be allowed to be part of the time travel mission, you may have to put the book down for a moment and have some feels. It’s easy to find parallels to our own world, with an older generation that has some strong opinions about how the younger generation is doing things, and a younger generation that just wants to be given a chance. It takes a look at a world ravaged by ecological disaster and plague, and wonders how people would rebuild.īut there’s a lot more going on. On the surface, Lucky Peach (as I’m going to call it for short) is a book about the future and time travel. When I started reading Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peachby Kelly Robson, I thought “This seems like a pretty good book.” A day or two later, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. ![]()
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