Borne: A Novel

Really engaging - still not sure what it was about, but I could take it in any number of directions and find meaning. Really enjoyed this

"He was born, but I had borne him."
So interesting and different... I find myself still thinking of the quivering urn-shaped baby Borne and his fierce scavenger of an adoptive mama. I've seen all the elements of this one before, but not in the shape they appear in here, and the story was not at all predictable. All the characters were flawed enough by their imperfect lives that I wasn't sure I loved anyone, but that just made them more real. Very ...read more

While maybe not as satisfying as the considerably more dour Southern Reach trilogy this was definitely more enjoyable to read. Possibly, as others have noted, because we have protagonists that are essentially likable and that the reader can engage with or maybe because it's story with a giant flying bear at its heart. Dark, strange, nasty and death filled this tale may be but JVM is clearly having fun here and so did I.