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Feb 26, 2019cnsreader rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It took me a while to get into this one, but by a fourth of the way in, I was kinda hooked! There are a few deep ideas that run throughout this story! We learn near the end that Mouth is the last of her kind, they were killed off in a massacre because they were digging up plants that were needed to protect the native creatures nurseries. So these creatures sent winged-creatures to kill the humans. Mouth’s group knew nothing about how these plants were essential to the newborn creatures. Another character, Sophie forms an unusual relationship with the native beasts that roam the planet. She learns their history, before and after humans arrived on the planet. She undergoes a surgery that makes her similar to the creatures in that she can pass on memories and feelings with her mind. For both these groups(native beasts & humans) to survive on this inhospitable planet, they need to understand each other. Sophie re-enters the city to begin to change their world. Some of the relationships between major characters was hard to believe. Really unhealthy relationships. To me it almost affected the story, but the major theme was stronger.