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title: "Borne: A Novel Hardcover – April 25, 2017"
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# Borne: A Novel Hardcover – April 25, 2017

**Brand:** jeff vandermeer
**Price:** 832 kr
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- **What is this?** Borne: A Novel Hardcover – April 25, 2017 by jeff vandermeer
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Strange but interesting
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023*

The story is told by Rachel about her drug dealing boyfriend and a creature child named Borne. So far not entirely too weird. The further you read the more the story gets stranger.The world is like an apocalyptic Earth but not quite. The memories that Rachel have of the past fit more our time but don't fit with the current Earth she's is in . Even her creature/ child Borne asks her if her memories really happened. You kind of wonder if Rachels past memories are real or just a fantasy she made up to cope in the environment she lives through.Even though the story is really strange its still really good. The ending was great and a little hopeful.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A fantastic read if you are looking for something different.
  

*by S***H on Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2018*

If I could describe this book in one word it would be: Bizarre. I want to comment on the genre, because though it is definitely science fiction, I think there's an argument for survival horror in there as well (and I sort of reveled in it).  The writing style really clicked with me here.  It was both poetic and punchy.  It complemented the overall feeling of the book while still being impactful, and I'm really excited to check out this author's other works in the future.The beginning starts tame enough.  Just another day in the post-apocalyptic neighborhood, scavenging for biotech.  Climbing giant psychotic killer bears and rifling through their stinking blood matted fur.  Yes, that's the tame part.Rachel brings home an odd piece of biotech she's never seen before and decides to name it Borne.  He's an invertebrate sea anemone type creature who can change shape and size.  Her lover and roomie Wick, an ex-biotech scientist and a memory beetle drug dealer, immediately wants to break him down, crack him open and see what's inside.  But Rachel likes him.  Rachel wants to keep him.  Rachel puts him in the window like a decorative plant.  This is where the fun begins.Borne was far and away my favorite character here.  I loved the way he spoke.  I loved the way he learned and grew.  I loved that you could never really trust him.  I loved that when it came to Borne, Rachel wasn't exactly reliable.  She loves him the way any mother loves her child, blindly.  I enjoyed Rachel and Wick's characters as well, and I think Vandermeer did an excellent job making them all very human.The story could be slow going at times.  The action part of the plot is centered on day to day survival, while in the background the reader has all these mysteries propelling them forward.  What is Borne?  Can he be trusted?  What is happening at the Company?  What's wrong with Wick?  Why can't Rachel remember what happened to her?  The ending is ambiguous and will leave you with questions unanswered and many things to think about.My only real complaint about the book, was that the world that all these characters lived in occasionally felt devoid of other humans.  For example, Wick is a drug dealer. He sells memory beetles to people who can't cope with reality and just want to forget, or remember someone else's life instead of their own.  I really would have loved for the author to have done something with this concept.  The world is filled with monsters galore, but there were no other people (save for one other person, who I won't spoil). I just kept wondering, who is Wick selling all these memory beetles too?  Where is everyone else? There is talk of territories between the drug dealers but it never seemed like there would have been enough humans to sell all these biotech drugs to.Overall I enjoyed it.  It was unique.  It was weird.  It was fun.  It gave me something to think about. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for something different, a little change in their regularly scheduled programming.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Masterpiece.  This is my new favorite.
  

*by H***G on Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018*

This book was my savior during my grandmothers death.  I couldn't bend my mind around what was happening.  I couldn't sleep or stop thinking.  I was reading voraciously, devouring books, anything to get a break from reality...This book is a break from reality.  It is beautiful, violent, absurd, engaging, and always surprising.  The characters are magnificent, the relationships satisfying, the implications horrific.  This is a book that sticks.  I did not want it to end, but the ending was beautiful.  If you read the premise, you will likely walk away, but if you just let this book happen, you might be like me and walk away with something special.It also lead me to The Southern Reach Trilogy, which is different and I loved it, but this book, this book is something else.  For me it is all-time, ranked with the books that I will come back to again and again.  Thanks for the recommendation Sci Fri!

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