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The Marigold
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan
9 posts | 4 read | 1 reading | 3 to read
“One of the country’s most talented young writers.” — The Globe and Mail In a near-future Toronto buffeted by environmental chaos and unfettered development, an unsettling new lifeform begins to grow beneath the surface, feeding off the past. The Marigold, a gleaming Toronto condo tower, sits a half-empty promise: a stack of scuffed rental suites and undelivered amenities that crumbles around its residents as a mysterious sludge spreads slowly through it. Public health inspector Cathy Jin investigates this toxic mold as it infests the city’s infrastructure, rotting it from within, while Sam “Soda” Dalipagic stumbles onto a dangerous cache of data while cruising the streets in his Camry, waiting for his next rideshare alert. On the outskirts of downtown, 13-year-old Henrietta Brakes chases a friend deep underground after he’s snatched into a sinkhole by a creature from below. All the while, construction of the city’s newest luxury tower, Marigold II, has stalled. Stanley Marigold, the struggling son of the legendary developer behind this project, decides he must tap into a hidden reserve of old power to make his dream a reality — one with a human cost. Weaving together disparate storylines and tapping into the realms of body horror, urban dystopia, and ecofiction, The Marigold explores the precarity of community and the fragile designs that bind us together.
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kwmg40
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan
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Mehso-so

This horror story set in a decaying condo building in downtown Toronto is creepy and atmospheric, but the plot is weak and I found it hard to relate to any of the characters. The novel does provide cutting and insightful commentary on the social ills plaguing Toronto and similar cities.

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LynnMPK
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan
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I‘m only 26% in so far and really enjoying this!

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Bertha_Mason
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Bertha_Mason
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan

"He considered sending Abigail a picture in return but didn‘t have the energy to undo his pants."

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Bertha_Mason
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan

"Just because someone sits down across from you and says ‘I‘m here to discuss our options in good faith‘ doesn‘t mean it‘s true. You know that, Sammy. You‘ve signed a contract, haven‘t you? Negotiating is really just about getting someone to consent to what you were gonna do anyway. It‘s someone with more power than you telling you there‘s a choice. A false binary. There are no ones for us, only zeroes."

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Bertha_Mason
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan

"Whenever a Marigold building was torn down, all kinds of garbage came out of the walls, missives from the workers slipped beneath the surface. Stanley knew almost every tower in the city had water bottles full of piss clogging up the walls."

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Bertha_Mason
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan

"The Eastbank place had a grand piano in it because it was built with one in it and they couldn‘t get it out after construction finished. He kept it like an awkward, ugly hostage."

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Bertha_Mason
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan

"Soda considered the taser. The one time he used it the man had a heart attack and shit himself in the backseat. No charges were filed, but the cleaning bill was outrageous."

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OutsmartYourShelf
The Marigold | Andrew F. Sullivan
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Bailedbailed

No rating as DNF'd at 20%.

The synopsis really appealed but there are way too many characters to concentrate on & it's very wordy. Some people will love it, but I'm afraid it's not for me.