Allison’s Reviews > Borne > Status Update

ive forgotten too much of this book and now im scared

So many thoughts I’ve had over the past 3 years were because of this book, and I’m only discovering now, rereading.

I forgot how tragic Wick and Rachel are from the beginning, especially knowing Wick’s side of things.

rereading to reunite with my son Wick

Just taking the time to put this here:

I was going to write "thanks for ripping my heart out VanderMeer" but he always has a way of refusing the tragic to be fully tragic and the fortunate to be fully fortunate

I've returned to reiterate how much I love Wick.

I also just love how carefully VanderMeer displays relationships as extending beyond the space of two people, that Borne still infiltrates the language/voice of the rest of the book.

This just possibly jumped up to my favorites list. I don't know how to process what just happened

Listen I really want the best for Wick, but that's coming at the cost of Borne...

The dynamic between Rachel and Wick is strikingly similar to the biologist and her husband. Except VanderMeer is tackling this idea of "dystopian" in a more familiarly unfamiliar way...

It's probably best I wait before deciding how I feel about the style- there's still quite a bit to go, and it may actually just be a plot thing