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I found out about the authors transphobic views after i read this book.
It's an interesting and important concept but the excursion of said concept is not great. The entire book is written from the perspective of the main character, who is extremely privileged and gets everything she wants in the end- this privilege is never acknowledged and barely even mentioned. While the concept of the book would make it seem feminist, the lack of intersectionality throughout the novel cheapens and undermines the feminist intent.
The author is a TERF, an ideology that is determined to take away the voices of trans women. How ironic.

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carolinacortez's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

"Piensa en lo que necesites hacer para ser libre"

Cuando dijeron que es una reinterpretación del cuento de la criada no mintieron, como siempre es aterrador ver lo que una distopia súper misoginia sería, en esta ocasión es en un mundo en dónde q las mujeres nos quitan la voz, hubo varias veces que quería vomitar del coraje y no podía más, repito es muy aterrador pensar en que eso pudiera llegar a ser verdad en el algún momento

la verdad en general si me gustó mucho la novela, si la recomiendo mucho, mi único problema fue el final y para mí los finales son super importantes y por eso le quite tantas estrellas, se me hizo súper rápido el final, apresurado, le faltaron (a mi parecer) como 5 capitolas más para explicar mejor ese cierre, pero de ahí en fuera me encantó mucho.

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tlholmes's review

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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paigereitz's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a harrowing read in a lot of ways, similar to the Handmaid's Tale. The plot structure felt rushed at times, not as strong a construction, but the story was intense and kept me hooked in.

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amberrenfrey's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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jmboff's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Listened on audio. Between 3 and 3.5. This one was just okay. The premise is very intriguing, dystopian, and scientifically based. But the plot and character development just kind of fell flat.

***SPOILERS AHEAD****

<Spoiler>

Jean wasn't really that impressive of a main character. I hated her affair with Lorenzo and how accepting Patrick was of it. Like no fight or anything left in him, but he dies for her and it's like she didn't even care too much.

And Dell and Sharon, I wish their stories were more involved.

There was just too much of the same type of scenes. I enjoyed a good portion of it, but wish it expanded more on other plot lines and less on the plot line of them working in the lab incessantly.

I also feel like it was too unrealistic and forcing it to be realistic. Obviously it's fiction and dystopian. But I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that you can't even get half the population to agree to wear a mask, but we're supposed to believe that the entire country would be okay with putting electric shock devices on all women to punish them for speaking? I just couldn't even imagine this in a fictitious sense. You're telling me not one single person or group would fight back and uproot that system or attempt to assassinate the president and they just go along with it? Nah.
</Spoiler>
Overall it was alright. Thankfully it was narrated by Julia Whelan so that saved it🤣

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gemma7's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

4 Stars is probably a bit of a stretch but it is what it is.

I was really enjoying the book but the ending was not IT!

Why is everything told and not shown?

Stevens rescue, Del's staged arrest, Poe working undercover, more details on the resistance

These things were important to the story yet we never know how they happen.
Some things were too convenient to be true

all the right people just happened to be part of the resistance, Lin and Jackie kept trapped in the same building Jean was working in

Also, Olivia was at Patrick's funeral? Surely she couldn't have survived what happened to her?? Unless it was her one handed ghost.

Still quite impressive for a debut novel.

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abbypeters's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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