![]() ![]() You’d expect more when the idea of ‘every fight is a battle for survival’ is saturated throughout.Īs the narrator, Chan too is an obstacle for an intelligible plot, as she is simply too blunt and impatient. The imagery Smythe instils is excellent, but the bleak scenes are heavily contrasted by drawn-out fights that are undescriptive and stall the flow of the narrative. ![]() ![]() It’s a disorientating opener, but Smythe has done well to paint such a forlorn, dystopian world, and this is where the narrative really shines, as it’s easy to imagine climbing, breathing, smelling and feeling the ship in its entirety. The desperation is evident, and immediately you are thrust into the action with Chan, a teenage girl who must hold her own among frenzied, violent gangs after her mother dies. They are miniscule echoes of what once were on board Australia – a spaceship that left a barren Earth centuries ago to look for a new home, but was unable to find one. Stories are important in JP Smythe’s latest novel, Way Down Dark. ![]()
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