WildGame

I've not read a novel by Lanagan before, just some of her short stories (mostly from Red Spikes and Black Juice), most of which I have been very impressed by. Unfortunately, I wasn't greatly impressed by this novel. In her favour, it doesn't read as a poorly written book, but as an early work of someone who has reasonable potential. The premise is that a teenage girl, Macka, plays an arcade game where the lines between game and reality blur. I've read a few such novels, and this one didn't strike me as having anything new to say on this topic. It did have a couple of interesting points to make about conservation, not sure whether I think that they were overly didactic, given those who might be expected to read the book.