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surefinewhatever's review
4.0
I am not particularly experienced at writing book reviews, but feel this book deserves one.
I picked this book up on a trip to Mumbai, at a local bookstore. It contains disturbing images and themes, which is made clear in the summary and reviews on the covers. What was not made clear is that there is a prequel, but this is fine as the book stands well on its own. In fact, I think this works in its favor to lend a mysterious quality to the story and forces the reader to pay attention to context clues.
Anyone who has read Atwood or LeGuin should be able to draw similarities here, to dark and distressing worlds whose themes reflect reality and where motivation and world qualities are unclear and the only recourse is to simply keep reading with focus and patience. I can understand why some readers do not enjoy the content, but cannot help but feel a similar book under a name like Chuck Palahniuk would garner far more praise than this has.
I picked this book up on a trip to Mumbai, at a local bookstore. It contains disturbing images and themes, which is made clear in the summary and reviews on the covers. What was not made clear is that there is a prequel, but this is fine as the book stands well on its own. In fact, I think this works in its favor to lend a mysterious quality to the story and forces the reader to pay attention to context clues.
Anyone who has read Atwood or LeGuin should be able to draw similarities here, to dark and distressing worlds whose themes reflect reality and where motivation and world qualities are unclear and the only recourse is to simply keep reading with focus and patience. I can understand why some readers do not enjoy the content, but cannot help but feel a similar book under a name like Chuck Palahniuk would garner far more praise than this has.
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