Duncan does a good job of exploring the broader impact of fundamental polygamy. The expectations for men and women among the "crewe" are not just old-fashioned but rather informed by the ship’s polygamous marriage system.
Salvage opens in the rich world of the Parastrata, a merchant spaceship where traditional gender roles rule. Because of this, and thanks to the languorous plotting of this five-hundred-plus-page tome, Salvage may puzzle younger readers and those who read young, but should find fans among those who want greater heft and thoughtfulness in their science fictional worldbuilding. Acting more as a lens for Duncan's striking future Earth and off-planet environs, Ava, in some ways, resembles more a typical literary heroine than YA hero. Her heroine, Parastrata Ava, is not a particularly kick-ass girl, and though well-rendered, she is mostly notable in her pliant nature and passivity. Alexandra Duncan's debut, Salvage, stands out from the crowd in that it does not concede to most typical YA genre formulations. Novels such as Divergent (2011) and The Hunger Games (2008) have found mass appeal in part because of their easy digestibility and strong adolescent voices cliff-hanger endings between chapters and books certainly don't hurt their readability, either. Like the commercial genre books of yore, these books seem perfectly baked for quick consumption.
Modern young adult novels are often praised (or derided) for their snappy plots and brightly drawn characters.
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