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Cara, who grew up in the dangerous conditions of Ashtown, a desert empire/suburban slum which Johnson describes as “not so loosely based on California’s Mojave Desert where [she] was raised,” can travel almost all of the 382 discovered universes. This skill makes her valuable and allows her a level of wealth and comfort in the walled city that abuts her home, but cannot fundamentally change her place within society. Despite a certain level of access and fame, she remains a tool of larger corporate interests and inescapably of her childhood home, Ash. Sadly, I dearly missed two essential things: a proper conflict as well as a decently fleshed-out villain. There was no clear challenge obvious until like the last 20%. The villain in the story was equally misty in my mind. Altogether, this definitely damaged the arc of suspense to a degree that sometimes made this book feel more like work than fun. The various worlds that Cara and the others from Earth 179 visit have some commonalities, aside from her being dead in most of them. There’s the inequality between those in Wiley City / Ashtown and its variants, but also similar players: warlords like the brutal (in most worlds) Nik Nik and his Runners who maintain control over Ashtown. Going from world to world, Cara sees variations in this power structure: Nik Nik rules in most, but there are exceptions, like when his brother comes to power or his father remaining in power. If you land on an earth where you are still alive the universe turns you inside out, leaving a bloody heap where you used to be. As a result, the Loth-wolves within the painting shifted away from the gods and moved in a circle together, which formed the portal to the realm. However, the portal to the World Between Worlds was closed if a Force-wielder placed their hand on the Son's encircled fist, which prompted the painting of the Father to conceal the entryway and the temple itself. [1] History [ ] Ezra Bridger’s visit [ ]

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, Paperback The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, Paperback

Their religion is a mish-mash: they read the Bible and Quaran simultaneously and worship Mary and Krishna side by side. Also, confessing to fireworks? Strangely that makes sense in the Caramenta way. He is blond, like his daughter. It’s an advertisement. Real Wileyites have white hair and skin so pale it’s a shade off blue. Daniel’s hair reminds his congregation that his great-grandfather came here willingly as a missionary from the city, not as a refugee or migrant trying to get into it. (c) Advertisement? What was the guy supposed to do about his hair and skin? This sounds like he was doing this on purpose. If I have a new world, it means that particular Earth’s me isn’t using it anymore. I’m dead again, somewhere else, and I didn’t feel a thing.

Cara, as our protagonist, I found was extremely concrete and three-dimensional. She has her flaws, being extremely stubborn but she also carries her own personal traumas with her. Cara explores her history with being physically and emotionally abused and I couldn't help but one, feel for her but also understand her on a deeper level as someone who was emotionally abused. Cara goes THROUGH IT in this story but I can't help but feel proud of her and proud of the life she has made for herself. THERE ARE INFINITE worlds. Worlds upon worlds into absurdity, which means there are probably worlds where I am a plant or a dolphin or where I never drew breath at all. But we can’t see those. (с) The New York Times praised The Space Between Worlds, calling it "profoundly satisfying" and a metaphor for neoliberal imperialism. [2] New Scientist said it was a "witty, deep and savvy tale about traveling through the multiverse", comparing it to Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's The Long Earth and Luiza Sauma's Everything You Ever Wanted. [3] The Nerd Daily praised the spiritual convictions of the traversers, and their belief in the "goddess Nyame who guides them across different universes, that it is she who they feel in that space between worlds". [5] Awards [ edit ]

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I also felt like our main character was rather flat. I couldn't grasp much of her personality at all. Mostly she seemed to exist only for the greater good of people as a whole, or bounced off whatever event was happening to her rather than having her own, individual personality. Most of the worlds that the Eldridge Institute can visit are fairly similar, although some have strange diseases and climates, but there’s some consistent lines that they share: there’s systematic inequality between the dwellers of Ashtown and the affluent folks who live in Wiley City, where the Bosch and his Institute are located. The worlds that Cara has to navigate aren’t just the alternate realities that she’s sent to: it’s also navigating those two different worlds of secure, ultra-wealthy and poverty. In many ways, she’s an outsider in all of them, not only having to adjust to her new world, but maintain her place in Wiley City long enough to become a citizen and escape from that harsh world.We’ve had this conversation five times this week and it always ends right here, where her concern is outweighed by the effort it takes to argue with me. She nods, but the look she gives my arms lasts long enough for me to notice. It’s when she notices my noticing that she finally looks away. The above issue is actually a nice way of structuring the plot. Just imagine how confusing it would be to compare the lives of almost-same Caramentas from worlds 1548 and 12091?