for all its compelling questions and rich perspectives, Malorie still suffers some from Malerman’s leaden prose, which only really springs to life when a creature lurks just beyond the cloth.
That Malorie doesn’t want these answers is both consistent with her arc and a total drag-resisting a story’s natural momentum inevitably results in redundancy, especially for a story’s ostensible protagonist. Having now established the world’s new rules, though, Malerman is able to broaden the narrative and take us beyond the realm of mere survival. Structurally, Malorie operates much like its predecessor, oscillating between its makeshift communities and the blind, perilous journeys that bridge them. Malorie’s depiction of a world where disruptive safety protocols have fundamentally altered old ways of life is all too timely.
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