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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very thought-provoking and unique. I was very intellectually engaged and invested, but I had a hard time making a more emotional connection with the MC beyond a shared womanhood. That might have been the author’s intent, though.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Favorite quote: "I am the sterile offspring of a race about which I know nothing, not even whether it has become extinct. Perhaps, somewhere, humanity is flourishing under the stars, unaware that a daughter of its blood is ending her days in silence. There is nothing we can do about it."
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I was gripped by this but felt strangely dissatisfied with the lack of a resolution. I started of feeling like it was going to be some sort of Handmaid's Tale style sci-fi dystopia where the men have some sinister motive that the women have to understand and resist. When the men suddenly disappear it takes a real twist. The sense of mystery deepens as they try to figure out why what is happening is happening. But as they go on, none of the questions get answered and you wonder did the author set out to write a sort of Franz Kafka sci-fi experience, where a nameless protagonist never succeeds in making sense of the impossible situation she's placed in, and we understand more about our own plane in a meaninglessness world... Or could she just not think of an ending?
Alternatively, maybe it's a social allegory and we're supposed to read is as... What? Women finally being liberated from their subjugation to men but being unable to produce anything so just continuing to cannibalise the society that the men created until... they... all... die....?
I dunno, I've heard a lot of hype about the book, but I wanted more from it.
Alternatively, maybe it's a social allegory and we're supposed to read is as... What? Women finally being liberated from their subjugation to men but being unable to produce anything so just continuing to cannibalise the society that the men created until... they... all... die....?
I dunno, I've heard a lot of hype about the book, but I wanted more from it.
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No