Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What this book does well: a lived-in dystopian future where the seas have risen and agro-industry behaves like mobsters.

What it excels at, if you want it: sisterly drama masquerading in part as a thriller, an adventure, which often veers into boring dystopia, bean hating, and relationship angst.

Which is fine. If you want boring dystopia, that is. The future is very much what we already live in, including near-company-towns, debt, extortion, and corruption. There's some action, but honestly, I lost a lot of interest at the end of part 1 with the loss of my favorite character.

Alas. It's on me tho. I honestly loved the author's harder SF. This one just wasn't quite for me.

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