Motherlines

I had heard better things about this book than the first in the series, Walk to the End of the World. It's certainly different in how it's written and it's about a women's dystopia rather than that of men. But I felt it suffered from several issues, most notably, a boring plot. It follows the character Alldera from the first book as she discovers tribes of women and free fems out beyond the Wild. The world building is pretty great and the prose is generally decent. However, I just couldn't get involved with the characters, much like the first book. Even though Alldera was in the focus of the book, I couldn't identify with her. Nonetheless, this is the second book of the Holdcraft Chronicles which is in the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame and a Sideways retro award winner.

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