PositiveThe New York Times Book Review\"... intriguing ... Flanagan...turns climate change’s harsh realities into rivers of words, and also magical visions ... The result is a beguiling book that takes time to settle but is hard to forget. It feels at first like a dizzying collage ... But in the end, like Flanagan’s best work...the novel grounds itself in humane ideals. Love. Hope. Dignity. These values emerge as if they were part of the mystery, slowly, with clues that pile up behind a curtain of flames ... The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, like Jonathan Franzen’s best novels, quietly traces a societal rift around wealth and what amounts to a \'good life\' ... The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is especially strong when its characters—and the reader—actually linger to lament what’s gone or going ...
If there is hope in The Living Sea of Waking Dreams...it may be found in that simple admonition. Look extinction in the face and find meaning in what we have left. \
