Rosie’s #Bookreview Team #RBRT #Dystopia #ShortStory THE CITY BELOW THE CLOUD by T.S. Galindo

Today’s team review is from Sean, he blogs here https://ebookwormssite.wordpress.com

Sean has been reading The City Below The Cloud by T.S. Galindo

Summary:

Set in a near-future climate change affected world, we follow the grim lives of Kalen and Sett, and their struggle to survive. There is law and order of a sort, mainly enforced by robots, but the teeming millions live right on the starvation line, life is less than cheap, and dead bodies can be turned into legitimate currency…

What I Liked:

• I liked the build-up of the dystopia, everything is screwed but people still have to get by. Loyalties are fickle, and it is a plausible scenario.
• The premise of the story was an excellent one.
• There was an unexpected twist, which is central to the story, which I was surprised by.

What I Didn’t like:

• The author lapsed into “explanation mode” for certain items, which…