___________________ 'A prescient, devastating commentary on humanity's disintegrating attachment to reality and truth... Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one' Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and TV series Wayward Pines 'A dystopia for our times' Financial Times 'A wry commentary on our current era' Guardian ___________________ Welcome to Golden State, where the worst crime you can commit is to lie. Laz Ratesic is a veteran of the State's special police. Those ...
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___________________ 'A prescient, devastating commentary on humanity's disintegrating attachment to reality and truth... Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one' Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and TV series Wayward Pines 'A dystopia for our times' Financial Times 'A wry commentary on our current era' Guardian ___________________ Welcome to Golden State, where the worst crime you can commit is to lie. Laz Ratesic is a veteran of the State's special police. Those in power rely on Laz to discover the full and final truth. But when a man falls from a roof in suspicious circumstances, it sets in motion a terrifying series of events which will shatter Laz's world for ever. Because when those in control of the truth decide to twist it, only those with the power to ask questions can fight back. ___________________ Golden State is an ambitious and frighteningly timely novel set in a world where everything is recorded and no one can be trusted. For anyone who loved The Handmaid's Tale, The Power and Station Eleven. 'Pacy and compelling' SFX 'Golden State is fascinating, cutting and ultimately inspiring' SciFiNow
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Laszlo Ratesic is a Speculator, an agent of the truth in a society where it is illegal to lie, but when he is called to investigate a murder, suddenly the truth begins to become more fluid than it first appeared.
I really enjoyed the premise of Golden State, it's very Minority Report meets 1984. The characters are well rounded and interesting and the world is really nicely defined. There is a lot of backstory to get to know but it never feels like this gets dumped on you all in one go which a lot of dystopian novels are guilty of. Everything is introduced naturally in the text and you are immersed into the world where the truth is upheld as a bulwark of society.
I was completely drawn into the story from the outset and powered my way through it as I wanted to find out more - not just about the mystery Laszlo and his partner are solving but about the wider world in general. There are some really nice parallels to our society in terms of 'fake news' and some parts of it are genuinely thought provoking. Unfortunately, I found the book floundered a little in the middle and the ending wasn't particularly satisfying. I can't really tell if it's set up for a sequel and I would like to find out more about what happens next or perhaps what happened to the world for this society to have prevailed but am also very happy for it to have been a standalone story as well. I would have happily given this book 5 stars if it had stuck to its guns and continued in the same vein throughout (maybe even with more of an opening for a sequel) but I was a little disappointed with it as it stands.
Overall Golden State is a great premise and a really good story, I just felt it lost its way towards the end of the book. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone and Century for a chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
