![]() Analyses of 586 metagenome-assembled genomes retrieved from 37 metagenomes show distinct diversity and metabolic capacities between bottom-axis and slope sites. Here, we collected sediments across the slope and bottom-axis of the Challenger Deep that enable insights into its in situ microbial communities. ![]() It receives organic matter and heavy metals from the overlying water column that accumulate differently across its V-shaped topography. The 11-kilometer deep Challenger Deep is the least explored due to the technical challenges of sampling hadal depths. They’re a fantastic way to see inside Caden’s head - another way to connect with our central figure.Hadal trenches are the deepest and most remote regions of the ocean. The swirling, disconnected lines can be intense. They work to illuminate particular moments in the story, and add movement and emotion. It’s quotable and clear, both moving the story along and helping readers appreciate Caden and Caden’s perspective. Velvet and licorice caressing every sense it melts into a liquid you plunge through it evaporates into air that you breath.” There’s specificity and sensuality in it. “I push past the stars into that dark light, and you can’t imagine how it feels. The writing is really beautiful, full of details and descriptions. Even with these multiple roles, though, Caden voice and experiences dominate the story. The figures on the boat in the trench are well balanced they start out seeming larger than life (and seem in some ways to be extensions of Caden himself), and end up corresponding to people in Caden’s hospital world. His parents take up a parental amount of space (they are humanized and interesting, certainly sympathetic, but are not really the focus this is YA, after all). The other characters don’t stand out quite as much this is most definitely Caden’s story. His utter relatability allows us as readers to go along for the ride, navigating his symptoms we can’t help but actively try to connect with him. His voice is what can pull readers through the initial confusion of the split worlds. Sounds like a wry teenage boy right there. Which, I suppose, makes me like everyone else in Vegas.” Heh. Maybe you all have a suggestion?) On his family’s trip, he describes his car sickness: “One step short of vomiting. ![]() ![]() That’s not the perfect word, but I can’t think of a better one, so I’m going to leave it there. We are next to Caden, addressed directly by Caden - the reader is subtly but powerfully tied to Caden’s story and to Caden’s perspective.Īs a narrator, Caden is funny and charming despite his unreliability. Shusterman is using his story not just to talk about a character who is mentally ill he’s showing us, he’s bringing us along for the ride. At crucial points in the text, Caden’s first person narration switches to second person, pulling us in as readers, binding us even more tightly to Caden. Shusterman’s language in moving between these worlds, too, is masterful. The split worlds actually are (for me) the greatest strength of the novel they comment on each other, reflect and refract each other, eventually coming to a merging point. But this is a read that rewards patience and tenacity because the way the stories intertwine enrich the reading experience as a whole. The way Caden’s worlds collide and mix up with his dreams, you need to put the work in at the start in order to make it to the end. The biggest challenge: it takes a certain amount of patience to push through the initial confusion of the beginning. Challenger Deep has a lot of critical love, obviously, but it’s got a lot of general buzz as well - and a combination like that can be powerful at the table. Although I’m still frantically reading 2015 titles, this is the book that has me excited at this point in the year. This is a deeply personal story, one that has authenticity and hope.
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