The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Taste attributes: science fictionteenwaradventurefastunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, expansive science-fiction novel: heavy and pacy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
3.9 / 5
11 ratings
About This Book
In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.
Description: Open Library
Characteristics
Where this book sits on each taste spectrum
Genres and themes
Subjects
Details
- Author
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 434
- Taste scores
- How we score
- Source
- Open Library
How book matches work
Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.
More books
Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.
Browse Books