Half the Day Is Night (Paperback) by Maureen McHugh

from kayejuniper

Just as with China Mountain Zhang, once I got into this book, I couldn't stop reading it. McHugh once again draws the reader into a world with social tensions, political intrigue, and sympathetic characters. Neither Dai nor Ling seem to fit in in Caribe, though Ling was born and raised there. And...

from kayejuniper

Just as with China Mountain Zhang, once I got into this book, I couldn't stop reading it. McHugh once again draws the reader into a world with social tensions, political intrigue, and sympathetic characters. Neither Dai nor Ling seem to fit in in Caribe, though Ling was born and raised there. And...

from RobertDay

Great depiction of atmosphere; cold, clammy and dripping with condensation. I was there!

from raschneid

This book didn't grab me until page 126, but I'm so enamored with China Mountain Zhang and McHugh's short fiction that I kept plodding along anyway. McHugh does a great job creating an interesting near-future science fiction world and immersing readers in her characters' lives. David and Mayla s...

from wealhtheowwylfing

In the underground city of Caribe in the near-future, Mayla is in the midst of tense financial negotiations. Her insurance agency requires her to have a bodyguard, so she hires David Dai, a former French soldier with an injured knee and a veiled case of PTSD. After terrorists approach David for h...