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Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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stayed up late finishing the last half. gorgeous cover, i’m just realizing now what it represents lol. i enjoyed the author’s memoir and was surprised to see that she had a novel out recently. 

dark and dystopian af. i didn’t really
know what it meant to be a climate refugee before. bleak look into what our cities could look like when it becomes inhabitable. the rich living in their own space shuttle is reminiscent of the recent blue origin fiasco. white feminism at it again. my first climate fiction novel, damn it’s too real 😔😔

wasn’t the most amazing-est book i’ve read but it was a nice fast moving escape of a story. multiple character POVs were fun

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A fast read, the pace was really propulsive. But, with that, some nuance that I would have enjoyed was missing. Really looking forward to the sequel. 

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himpersonal's review

4.0
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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was interesting - almost like a reverse Handmaid’s Tale. Some might even say a feminist’s Utopia. Except of course it can’t be, because it’s built by flawed humans. There are forces who want to resist, and plenty more who want to ignore what is wrong because it’s inconvenient to question what feels like a good deal, especially when they are the chosen ones. Some might even say it feels a bit like it could be a prophetic metaphor for our current situation in the US.

This book might be a call to action for the woke who need to be further woken. As for those whom I call asleep (as in not woke), this book might just be a bit of science fiction that could someday make a good movie - with the right director. (Let’s take the red pill people, please!)

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I was skeptical early on reading this, but I ended up really liking it. It's a good takedown of gender essentialism set on the backdrop of early apocalypse-level climate change. There's heavy use of dramatic irony that works really well to keep you invested in reading it. All of the POV characters are well-written, including the perfectly hateable villain. The ending is hopeful but a little unsatisfying, which sort of feels perfect for the story.

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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