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zoes_human's review
This is just the most incredible thing I've ever tried to read.** I mean that in the sense that it was impossible to believe. I simply do not have the faculty to suspend disbelief enough for this universe. There are too many inconsistencies.
On the one hand, we have a society where books, film, and the internet are censored for everyone. Women are second-class citizens who must wear a uniform in public, cannot have any job that any man has applied for, cannot read a slew of books deemed UFW (Unfit for Women), are subject to canings for disobedience, may be legally beaten by their husbands, and ten of them are randomly selected on a weekly basis for "The Hunt". Mandatory monthly attendance to a Christian church for a minimum of two hours is enforced by the law.
Yet ...
Books published prior to the censorship days are sold legally. A woman is allowed to publish books outside the country that cannot be published within. A woman of Japanese ancestry, in a world supposedly caused by Brexit, is able to support herself as a film critic. A female <i>journalist</i> from another country is allowed to roam freely without observation.
The final straw for me was the priest that was masturbating away at the pulpit as he gave the sermon, and no one, excepting our protagonist, seems to care. WTF?
I love me some spec fic, but the fantastic must be supported by a credible universe with believable characters. There's nothing in this book that I can latch on to as realistic.
**Yes, including L. Ron Hubbard.
On the one hand, we have a society where books, film, and the internet are censored for everyone. Women are second-class citizens who must wear a uniform in public, cannot have any job that any man has applied for, cannot read a slew of books deemed UFW (Unfit for Women), are subject to canings for disobedience, may be legally beaten by their husbands, and ten of them are randomly selected on a weekly basis for "The Hunt". Mandatory monthly attendance to a Christian church for a minimum of two hours is enforced by the law.
Yet ...
Books published prior to the censorship days are sold legally. A woman is allowed to publish books outside the country that cannot be published within. A woman of Japanese ancestry, in a world supposedly caused by Brexit, is able to support herself as a film critic. A female <i>journalist</i> from another country is allowed to roam freely without observation.
The final straw for me was the priest that was masturbating away at the pulpit as he gave the sermon, and no one, excepting our protagonist, seems to care. WTF?
I love me some spec fic, but the fantastic must be supported by a credible universe with believable characters. There's nothing in this book that I can latch on to as realistic.
**Yes, including L. Ron Hubbard.
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