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The Future by Naomi Alderman

10 reviews

misstazzytea's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Animal death

bookwormcat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is amazing. So many twists and turns it gave me whiplash!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Cursing, Death, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

tinytrashqueen's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Sexual content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

heather_harrison's review

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

In all honesty - it took me a while to get through Naomi Alderman's latest release "The Future". It was unsettling and eerie and bizarre and chaotic and realistic, and the unholy combination of this was at times a lot. 

The Future sits somewhere between dystopian and speculative fiction. Set in a 'not too distant future' where the world continues turning and humanity continues careening down the path to self-destruction. A handful of millionaires and their big tech companies are seeming pulling the strings behind the scenes - influencing the masses and the governments while juggling complex algorithms, technological breakthroughs and the use (or misuse) or data. 

The build up was complex and intertwined many different components of the story and character. The pay off and twists towards the end was both satisfying and thought provoking. 

Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, and Cancer

kizzy's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The chronology, or lack of, is very difficult to follow. For 2/3 of it, I wanted to heave it against a wall. I’m still trying to decide if it was worth it in the end. An ambitious and creative undertaking with a hopeful ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Blood, Animal death, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, and Body horror

mtnest's review

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexism

livlostinstereo's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Suicide, War, and Vomit

susanatherly's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, and Classism

takarakei's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

We are in a not so distant future where tech billionaires are building bunkers to survive the inevitable end of the world (whatever that reason is probably exacerbated  by their influence). Sound familiar?? Enter some people close to these billionaires who are unsettled by their selfishness and want to help create a better future. While parts of this book are grim and disturbingly REAL overall I feel the direction it headed was one of optimism, which I appreciated. Be sure to pay attention as the plot jump back and forth in time at parts. Some minor pacing issues here and there. Even though the beginning few chapters suck you in - the plot takes a bit to really reveal itself, but once things get going it's a page turner. Overall this was a very poignant and thought provoking read!

Naomi always writes books at the right times when they are just so spot on. The Power is a fav and this one did not disappoint (although they are very different books). This book is about how important human connection and community are, as well as connection with nature. I highly recommend it to  everyone cause we’re basically all living in  this reality, but especially if you're interested in how technology has and can continue to influence our world.

Thank you to the publisher for this arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal death, Gore, Suicide, and Classism

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest and Mental illness

animal death - hunting also, an instance of survival human v animal civil/political unrest, refugee camps, religious cults

caseythereader's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Thanks to Simon and Schuster for the free copy of this book.

 - THE FUTURE is a book that takes our current reality and pushes it forward just slightly. You can see exactly what (and who) Alderman is drawing inspiration from, and it's quite terrifying.
- This book is pretty fast paced, but I found it dragged a bit in the middle. Some of the backstory parts felt a bit repetitive to me, but once we got back into the thick of it, I was in.
- Zhen and Martha are such intriguing characters to me, both running from their pasts and absolutely never being able to outrun it.
- No spoilers, but the last page??????????????? Please come chat if you've read it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic