Tania's Reviews > How High We Go in the Dark

4.5 stars. I am really enjoying speculative fiction right now - this genre takes an ordinary reality and plunges it into something far stranger, often exploring the possible consequences of new technologies or worlds. Some of the recent books I've read and loved in this category are To Paradise (Hanya Yanagihara), Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr) and Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel).

Made up of 14 interconnected stories, How High We Go in the Dark follows a cast of loosely linked characters over hundreds of years giving us glimpses into their lives and into a society altered by millions of people dying in the aftermath of a climate plague. This is not for sensitive readers as the stories explores death (including physical postmortem changes), grief and loneliness. Even though this was not an upbeat read, I absolutely loved the dreamlike and evocative prose, which swept me away into this wildly imaginative world.

If you've enjoyed any of the novels mentioned above, please give this book a try. One of my favorites for 2023 so far.