Hummingbird Salamander

Jeff Vandermeer

Hardcover

Published April 15, 2021 by Fourth Estate.

ISBN:
978-0-00-829931-6
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4 stars (9 reviews)

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Review of 'Hummingbird Salamander' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I don't know why this took me so long to read. I found the book sort of slow to get going, got like a third of the way through, and then got distracted by the idea of re-reading Chris Claremont's entire Uncanny X-Men run. Then I picked this book back up and burned through the remaining two thirds in a day and a half.

Anyway, with more granular ratings, I'd give it three and a half. I do think it starts off sort of slow, but it picks up very quickly. I dig the slow motion apocalypse taking place just outside the boundaries of the story, and the way it mirrors Jane's personal situation.

Review of 'Hummingbird Salamander' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Review copy provided by publisher I was a bit disappointed in Hummingbird Salamander, I really liked the idea of a cli-fi themed mystery to solve, starting with a hummingbird as a clue, but not enough other clues followed for me to feel like I knew what was going on. The reasoning for Silvina leaving the trail for “Jane” felt anti-climactic, followed by an ending that seemed disconnected to everything else. Not to mention I didn’t really understand anyone’s motivations for getting involved so far, not when so much was at risk.

Jane’s job is the first casualty as she uses the pretence of a new client to justify her digging into Silvina’s past. It didn’t make sense to me why her boss and colleagues accepted this. Is it normal to just pick a person and then do research on their dead daughter to get their business? I’d assumed Jane was …

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