Steph's Reviews > Sanctuary

yeah. this would be much more enjoyable to read if it was truly a dystopian novel. but it's 2032, not far off, and the terrors experienced by vali and her family are way too real. many of these horrors are already taking place in our country, and those that aren't yet are painfully believable.

a huge wall on the southern border of the US, constant threat of deportation for immigrants, displacement and separation of families, a surveillance state, public schools with gun-wielding teachers, ID chips to distinguish the documented from the undocumented, concentration camps, violent raids, drones that scoop up sanctuary-seekers, water scarcity and climate disasters.

this isn't a future i want. and i'm not even sure if a book like this can help us to avoid it. vali's ending is hopeful, and her story is impactful, but god it's disturbing.

The sky was made of a billion eyes, the earth was simmering with hate.

sanctuary goes beyond any fun escapist dystopian adventures i've read before. this is story is real, and it knows it is.