City of Refuge (Maya Greenwood, #3)

Posted on 04 November 2018 by Starhawk

Sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing, following the overthrow of the Stewards. Read City of Refuge (Maya Greenwood, #3) – kino-fada.fr I read this book as someone familiar with Starhawk s political and spiritual writing, and also with The Fifth Sacred Thing, so there was nothing here that surprised me on those counts As a novel, I think this is a stronger effort than Fifth Sacred Thing the characters arethree dimensional and the world building is fuller than in the previous one there are even a few places where people in the southlands note that the northerners are overly preachy about their own ways of doing things I I read this book as someone familiar with Starhawk s political and spiritual writing, and also with The Fifth Sacred Thing, so there was nothing here that surprised me on those counts As a novel, I think this is a stronger effort than Fift...I am a huge fan of the Fifth Sacred Thing and had been excitedly awaiting City of Refuge Starhawk delivered on an engaging, enchanting tale I spent several nights up until the wee hours of the morning and had a severe book hangover when it was done I love bein...Starhawk says that the question that animates City of Refuge is, How do you build a new world when people are so deeply damaged by the old I loved the parts of the book that were about the community in the north and creating the new community in the south and all the problems that went with t...It s not often that a sequel is just as good as the first book.In the case of City of Refuge, the 3 in Starhawk s urban fantasy series, it s actually better How incredible to pick up with these characters 25 years after falling in love with them the first time.An evocative, descriptive, thrilling look at an alternate future let s not call it a dystopian novel since it allows so muchroom for hope than most of that genre.Although it is a sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing, it is also a very strong stand alone novel.I recommend this novel for anyone who liked The Hunger Games or Divergent they all share strong women protagonists City of Refuge is a novel for anyone concerned abou...I read the previous books in the series long ago, and the rule of the Stewards is becoming dailybelievable as a near future dystopia One thing, though I kept seeing descriptors of peoples skin as chocolate or coffee or caramel and remembering this article it threw me out of...There is a lot to love about this book, so many aspects of what s true in our struggle and the world I want to see, beautifully described in this epic tale ANNNNND, something huge is missing here The world Starhawk creates here is kind of post racial, or post racist, as though racism and white supremacy magically disappeared in the time between now and 20 years from now, as though that were not among the most difficult of struggles embedded in the power structure of society that needs to be ad There is a lot to love about t...Well, reading this during the rise of the new US administration seemed a propos I m glad I did I think Starhawk has a lot to teach us And, I think this book could have used an aggressive editor It s longer than necessary and all the various sub plots can be hard to keep up with It s less witchy and magical than Fifth Sacred Thing, I would say It scomplex And it s obvious that it was written 20 years later, which makes sense A lot has changed since then I would say it didn t hav Well, reading this during the rise of the new US administrat...City of Refuge is the sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing, Starhawk s utopian dystopian novel set in a future California I d say it makes the most sense to read these books in the order they were written, starting with The Fifth Sacred Thing, then the prequel, Walking to Mercury, and then ending with City of Refuge Out of the three, I liked The Fifth Sacred Thing the best, but am very glad there was a sequel Alas, no mainstream publisher wanted to publish it, so it was funded via Kickstarter City of Refuge is the sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing, Starhawk s utopian dystopian novel set in a future California I d say it makes the most sense to read these books in the order they were written, starting with The Fifth Sacred Thing, then the prequel, Walking to Mercury, and then ending with City of Refuge Out of the three, I liked The Fifth Sacred Thing the best, but am very glad there was a sequel Alas, no mainstream publisher wanted to publish it, so it was funded via Kickstarter While The Fifth Sacred Thing focused a lot on the power of non violence and non violent direct action, in City of Refuge Starhawk exploreso...I loved it I kind of consider The Fifth Sacred Thing the permaculture bible It s beautiful allegory and stories about the characters that represent parts of our own psyche, and about the world that we want to create Not to diss Mollison s Designer s Manual, but it s a how to, rants, and not story telling But now I think City of Refuge might have a stronger claim to ...

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04 November 2018

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