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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I continued to think about this book long after I finished reading it. An interesting take on dystopian/utopian fiction
I randomly picked up this book in an airport bookstore as it was recently re-released with a new foreword. Shocked to know it was written so long ago, but the relevant nature of its content is quite astonishing. Recommended.
The characters were interesting and unique, as was the world-building. However, I feel like more hope should have been written into the time travel scenes, and the two possible futures could have been connected more.
The main character irritated me somewhat. She seemed to have no appreciation for the fact that she was being visited by a literal time traveller and just used the time traveller for amusement and a break from everyday life, never really caring about the woman’s own life. She also kept lamenting over how terrible her life was without doing anything to change it. The only thing she seems motivated to do is to get out of the hospital. She seemingly holds no trauma from her severe past abuse or the brutal separation from her only daughter - after beating her, I might add. Overall, an unlikeable character - and not in a good way.
Overall, the whole book had a depressing aura, which made it a difficult read, but I still feel like I walked away with something important, probably because you rarely encounter this sort of honesty in books anymore.
The main character irritated me somewhat. She seemed to have no appreciation for the fact that she was being visited by a literal time traveller and just used the time traveller for amusement and a break from everyday life, never really caring about the woman’s own life. She also kept lamenting over how terrible her life was without doing anything to change it. The only thing she seems motivated to do is to get out of the hospital. She seemingly holds no trauma from her severe past abuse or the brutal separation from her only daughter - after beating her, I might add. Overall, an unlikeable character - and not in a good way.
Overall, the whole book had a depressing aura, which made it a difficult read, but I still feel like I walked away with something important, probably because you rarely encounter this sort of honesty in books anymore.
La reseña completa en https://inthenevernever.blogspot.com/2020/03/mujer-al-borde-del-tiempo-de-marge.html
“La última vez no había luchado; había venido voluntariamente con la trabajadora social. Creyéndose su enfermedad. Había venido humildemente, contaminada de autodesprecio, harta de estar viva”.
¿Qué pasaría si pudieses ver el futuro? Si no importara lo opresivo que sea tu presente porque tienes la oportunidad de viajar a un futuro en el que se vivirá mucho mejor. Descubrir que cosas que ahora parecen inalcanzables como la igualdad o la eliminación de la pobreza, fuesen una realidad en un tiempo que está por venir. ¿Qué ocurriría si ese futuro esperanzador estuviese en peligro? ¿Si en vez de en una utopía podríamos acabar en una distopía deshumanizadora y tú puedes ayudar para evitar que ocurra? Hoy quiero recomendarles Mujer al borde del tiempo, de Marge Piercy. Una obra clásica de la ciencia ficción especulativa que permanecía inédita en español y que ahora podemos disfrutar gracias a la editorial Consonni.
“La última vez no había luchado; había venido voluntariamente con la trabajadora social. Creyéndose su enfermedad. Había venido humildemente, contaminada de autodesprecio, harta de estar viva”.
¿Qué pasaría si pudieses ver el futuro? Si no importara lo opresivo que sea tu presente porque tienes la oportunidad de viajar a un futuro en el que se vivirá mucho mejor. Descubrir que cosas que ahora parecen inalcanzables como la igualdad o la eliminación de la pobreza, fuesen una realidad en un tiempo que está por venir. ¿Qué ocurriría si ese futuro esperanzador estuviese en peligro? ¿Si en vez de en una utopía podríamos acabar en una distopía deshumanizadora y tú puedes ayudar para evitar que ocurra? Hoy quiero recomendarles Mujer al borde del tiempo, de Marge Piercy. Una obra clásica de la ciencia ficción especulativa que permanecía inédita en español y que ahora podemos disfrutar gracias a la editorial Consonni.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
adventurous
dark
slow-paced