malabar
Homo Malabarus
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
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Location: Bristol, UK
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 Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: 194. The Family Tree, Sherri S Tepper |
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When I first read this book a couple of years ago, I really loved it. It starts out as something close to a police procedural and then takes a complete 90-degree turn into fantasyland. But this time around, I found the prose and the underlying messages far too blunt and obvious. Maybe it's best read only once, because once you know the twist, it loses its charm.
Here's the blurb from the cover:
| Quote: | Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murders of three geneticists. Meanwhile, strange things are happening everywhere she turns. Weeds are becoming trees; trees are becoming forests. Overnight, a city is being transformed into a wild and verdant place.
And, strangest of all, Dora can somehow communicate with the rampaging flora.
A potential civilization-ending catastrophe is in the making. The closer Dora gets to a murderer--and to the truth--the more seemingly disparate events begin to entwine. And the answers she seeks today to the salvation of humankind may lie in afar distant future. . .one which is suddenly much closer than anyone imagines.
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