SuitabookHybrids
David Thorpe
- Reading
- Try reading a section from each narrator’s perspective, then compare what Johnny and Kestrella notice or want. Pause if the pandemic or public panic feels unsettling.
- Themes
- Two narrators in a technology-linked crisis: Johnny and Kestrella narrate in turn as the country faces “Creep”, a pandemic linked to over-exposure to technology. The alternating voices frame the crisis through two characters; the novel explicitly raises questions about dependence on technology and responses to widespread panic.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes a pandemic, people merging with technology, nationwide panic and the Gene Police’s plans for Johnny; consider how these elements may land with your reader.