I received this book as a free ebook. It won the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel. I'm not sure who is choosing these winners. The book is OK but not great in my opinion.Charlie Jane Anders' "All the Birds in the Sky" follows two children as they grow up to be leaders in their two factions: Technology vs Witchcraft. Civilization and the environment are breaking down and the world is moving towards armageddon. The two factions are working to save the world though they are mostly opposing each other. In the end the two protagonists bring their considerable skills together to halt the decay.
The book was OK. It was well written. The issue I had was the shallow feeling of the story. It misses some depth. The opposition between the two factions should have been more pronounced.
I also have issues with the rather stereotypical portrayal of the protagonists. The tech-centric geek is a guy. The nature loving witch is a woman. The witch was a little goth when she was young. The geek hated to go outside in nature and was awkward.
The ending was abrupt and wrapping up in too quickly. There was no discussion of the aftermath of it all.
In the end I gave the book three stars out of five on Goodreads. It could have been better.
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