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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
I don't like being in the narrator's POV. I hated being in her head and listening to her perspective. The whole premise feels a little shallow to me, but post-apocalyptic books usually do. Every time I've put it down, I haven't really wanted to pick it back up again.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
⭐️⭐️⭐️3 stars
Great book with amazing plot and premise, however I simply don’t agree with the ending and think it’s a good message to put out into the worldthat society will always reverse back to woman being oppressed and men dominating, this is false and even dangerous to suggest
Great book with amazing plot and premise, however I simply don’t agree with the ending and think it’s a good message to put out into the world
I love Dystopian fiction. Vox and Q are two of my favourite books so I was excited to start a new book by this author.
I am in two minds over this book however. I found it quite slow to get into and couldn't completely work out what was going on at first. There was some sort of economic crash leading to a post apocalyptic world but there are no details... The story is told by Miranda who along with her sixteen year old daughter Emma, is struggling to find food and survive. I found some of the scenes a bit disturbing to read at the start and one was particularly horrific.
Once I got to about a third of the way through the book I was gripped and couldn't put it down however. Miranda and Emma arrive at Femlandia, a commune founded on the hatred of men, purely for women. The community has huge electric barbed wire fences surrounding it but was this to keep people out or to keep the women inside? I was racing through the pages at this point. Was it really the idealic place that it seemed? What were the women hiding? There was clearly something sinister going on!
Although there is a clear resolution which I liked I found the ending slightly disappointing, a bit too predictable and slightly rushed.
Overall I loved the premise of the book but I found it didn't quite deliver in the same way as the previous two novels. I love Christina Dalcher's original ideas though so will definitely read her next book!
I am in two minds over this book however. I found it quite slow to get into and couldn't completely work out what was going on at first. There was some sort of economic crash leading to a post apocalyptic world but there are no details... The story is told by Miranda who along with her sixteen year old daughter Emma, is struggling to find food and survive. I found some of the scenes a bit disturbing to read at the start and one was particularly horrific.
Once I got to about a third of the way through the book I was gripped and couldn't put it down however. Miranda and Emma arrive at Femlandia, a commune founded on the hatred of men, purely for women. The community has huge electric barbed wire fences surrounding it but was this to keep people out or to keep the women inside? I was racing through the pages at this point. Was it really the idealic place that it seemed? What were the women hiding? There was clearly something sinister going on!
Although there is a clear resolution which I liked I found the ending slightly disappointing, a bit too predictable and slightly rushed.
Overall I loved the premise of the book but I found it didn't quite deliver in the same way as the previous two novels. I love Christina Dalcher's original ideas though so will definitely read her next book!
I felt eh about this. Someone else hit it on the nose in their review that the storytelling elements were just not there. What could have been so interesting about the story--the intricacies of how the group functions, glimpses into their food production, anything beyond mentioning they have a pool and a cafe (how do they keep their electricity?!)--wasn't there. It was all very black and white.
dystopian fiction about a near future where the protagonists are forced to seek refuge in a women’s commune. the text was easy and quick to read, and I finished the text within 24 hours. I have already read the author’s Vox, which I preferred, but can see now the author’s recurring plot points and focuses. This text was more shocking in comparison, and could have used a trigger warning as I chose to read this as it would be a bit of a lighter, less content-heavy text. The text only touched the surface on many issues, especially the role of transgenderism in the feminist movement, and the protagonist felt like a (white) saviour at times, who enjoys playing devil’s advocate - it felt like the author reflected herself in the protagonist too. the representation of trauma post-sexual assault felt very surface level and in fact forgotten quite quickly, which felt inauthentic. I would like to see more in-depth or diverse analysis of intersectional feminism in this author’s texts.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't find this one as gripping as the others by this author. And found the plot vague and hard to understand at times. However it's was still a nice flowing and easy to read book and I enjoyed the ending
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Miranda and her teenage daughter Emma are forced to flee to the only safe place left after another Great Depression destroys the United States' economy. The only thing is that this safe place is a feminist colony created by her mother whom Miranda fell out with years ago. When Miranda and Emma finally make it to Femlandia, they are met with skepticism. Emma, who experienced a traumatic event on the trip, attaches herself to Miranda's adopted sister Jen who runs the colony. Miranda feels like Emma is being taken away from her especially when she discovers that Emma is pregnant. Things don't feel right to Miranda, so she does a little snooping. What she finds changes everything she thought about Femlandia and her mother. #Femlandia #NetGalley