Readers are well aware they are not on Earth even if the characters are grappling with very human issues. Setting is crucial and invokes otherness of time, place, and reality- the main setting is an alien planet and each city is completely unlike the others each with its own sense of time. Anders gives readers much to think about in this work. The three main characters struggle to determine who they are against heightened odds and the books grapples with the issues of people needing to find a home for themselves while wreaking havoc on other places and populations. Subject Headings: Science Fiction- Alien Contact ( according to )Īppeal/Characteristics of Romance present in this book:Įxplores social, moral, intellectual, philosophical, and ethical questions against a setting outside everyday reality- this novel explores all these factors in spades! We see racism, oppressive governments alongside anarchy, neither of which seems to benefit the general population. Told through the perspectives of Sophie (first person narration) and Mouth (third person narration), the story follows these three women as they work to achieve their dreams, which might just turn out to be nightmares.Ĭontent warnings: Toxic friendships, racism and colonialization, body horror. Mouth is working through an existential crises of her own but none of these women can achieve their goals without the others. Meanwhile, Bianca is hell-bent on saving the Xiosphanti people from oppression and works to raise and army of rebels. As the group makes their way to Argelo, they encounter aliens and save one another yet still find it difficult to trust and love each other.Īfter reaching Argelo, Sophie wants nothing more than to win Bianca's love while being more and more drawn to the aliens in their underground city.
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After returning to the city there are a series of mishaps that force both Bianca and Sophie to flee Xiosphant and befriend a band of smugglers where pensive and angry Mouth, of a decimated nomad tribe, gets most of the attention. In an attempt to save Bianca from punishment, Sophie is blamed for a crime she didn't commit, forced to leave Xiosphant and left for dead when she saved by an alien creature. She is befriended by Bianca, a socialite in training whom Sophie would do anything to please. Sophie is a student from the poor side of Xiosphant who is lucky to be in college at all. There's a small habitable region where humans have set up cities while dangerous alien creatures roam the rest of the planet. Half the planet is a fiery desert where the sun never sets and the other half is a frozen wasteland sunken in darkness. Plot Summary: January is a harsh planet that Earthlings inhabited after generations of space travel after Earth became uninhabitable for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Series (if applicable): This appears to be a standalone book. Although some dates are mentioned, both human cities as well as the alien city all seem to track time differently making exact dates difficult to note. Primary locations include Xiosphant, an orderly and oppressive city, Argelo, a city that never sleeps and where anarchy reigns, the titular underground city of alien creatures, and various other geographic locations. Geographical Setting: Various locations on the planet January where descendants of the humans of Earth ended up after Earth became uninhabitable.
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Number of Pages: 363 pages of official story plus a Translator's Note at the start of the story and an Acknowledgements section at the back.
Title: The City in the Middle of the Night Hopefully they are helpful and enjoyable! Annotation as I build my writing-about-books muscles, I’ll work to provide annotations for books I’ve read, a professional-style review, and some personal thoughts. They also offer read-alikes so if someone like X book they might like this one. While they give some in-depth details, they also provide a neutral overview of the book including information about the book’s genre, setting, number of pages, and a plot summary. Annotations are helpful for librarians, booksellers, and anyone else who regularly suggests and recommends books.
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