On a recent road trip, I drove a moving truck back home for a friend who had a few things left to move from her old house. I needed a short audiobook to listen to as I drove home by myself. This was the one I chose for that trip. It was okay.
It opens at a funeral for a young woman who was a courtesan in a bleak world where underprivileged people hope to become courtesans. The young woman comes back to life mysteriously. She realizes that being dead (undead?) she is not subject to the same methods of surveillance that the others still are. The storyteller is disturbed by this but ends up accompanying her on some of her excursions.
It is a tale of privilege and struggle about haves and have nots. It feels very timely but at the same not all that interesting. I enjoyed it enough to say I liked it, but it was just okay for me.
My rating: 3/5
