Tyrants, cowards, heroes
A late entrant to the teeming dystopia subgenre with adolescent protagonists, a novel shows potential and emotionally powerful scenes, but is marred by weak characterization and a “generic dystopia fill-in-the-blanks” structure. —Isabella Ranallo reviews Slice the Water, by PP Wong (Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2025) $26.00 / 9781773104447