Water Thief was one of the weirdest stories for me this week, and I was wondering if anyone else felt similarly:
The story starts off particularly slowly, and is tough to get into for the first couple pages. Then all of a sudden Soya is "transported" to the moon, where - as a robot - he is tasked with saving the life of a criminal. The parallels between this man on the moon and a woman who tried to steal water from Soya's refugee camp are clear. That's not the problem. The problem for me was that the section on the moon picked up as Soya was faced with a decision to make; then, after he makes the decision we don't see much of the repercussions. They're named, sure, but we don't see Soya really feel them. For me, this ends the story on a rather anti-climactic note and left a sour taste in my mouth. I wanted to learn more, become more invested.
Anybody see something there I missed?
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