I first read this book in 2020 and have been eagerly awaiting the promised sequel since then. Now the next book is coming out in February (Woo!) so I gave this book another listen to refresh my memory and prepare for the exciting next instalment.
The book is like a post apocalyptic Jeeves and Wooster (I said that to me 26 year old son and he said ‘What’s a Jeeves and Wooster?’ !!) so, for those of you who don’t know, Jeeves and Wooster was about very posh English people in the Early twentieth Century and mostly features young men getting into scrapes and young people generally trying to find socially acceptable marriage partners. Imagine that kind of thing going on, but in a future where social standing is determined by how much people are able to see of specific colour spectrums (in this imagined future, vision and sight seem to be generally much diminished).
The young hero (Eddie) shows a promising amount of red vision but falls for a social outcast ‘grey’ who opens his eyes to some of the secrets and conspiracies that exist in the society around him.
It’s a book that works on so many levels – it is often very funny, but also clever and intriguing and quite dark. I am very excited to read the sequel!!
Sarah Wray Writer 