The Fresco

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Call Number: Science Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Science Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Disappointing. submitted by eknapp on November 9, 2011, 3:54pm The Fresco had a lot of potential, centered around a wonderfully deep, complex protagonist. It's satisfying to watch her emerge from a tragic, difficult life and begin to realize what she's capable of. Aliens deal with human social problems in amusing and often insightful ways.

But the story is ruined by silly, haphazardly constructed aliens and gaping logical inconsistencies. The extra-terrestrials have godlike physical and mental powers but are easily duped with regards to THEIR OWN RELIGION by a painting and a puppet show. The president is an ethical, shrewd, benevolent man but allows people to be publicly kidnapped and tortured largely because they're political opponents.

The ending is absurd. The Fresco is a disappointing waste of potential.

Laugh out loud submitted by mowjac on July 23, 2018, 12:16pm I love this book for its obvious political stance and villains getting their comeuppance. I find the events on Earth more compelling than in space and while I don't feel as strongly disappointed as the other reviewer, Tepper is prone to deus ex machina in her books and this one is less dissatisfying than others (Gibbons Decline and Fall is worse). It still makes me chuckle with the vengeance wreaked, so sit back and enjoy.