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aimee70807 's review for:
Beggars in Spain
by Nancy Kress
Beggars in Spain is a bit like a sci-fi version of Animal Farm, with some interesting information about the workings of the brain thrown in. You'll think about economics, human society, American history, and more --- the book is definitely thought-provoking.
The first quarter really sucked me in, but then we jumped ahead a couple of decades and added some more characters. By the time I was into that new world, another jump, and then later another jump. Intellectually, the four time frames of the book really worked, but it made the book less riveting for me. I think that what I would have liked better was to have each quarter of the book be a bit more fleshed out and really be a separate book, turning this one book into a four part series.
The first quarter really sucked me in, but then we jumped ahead a couple of decades and added some more characters. By the time I was into that new world, another jump, and then later another jump. Intellectually, the four time frames of the book really worked, but it made the book less riveting for me. I think that what I would have liked better was to have each quarter of the book be a bit more fleshed out and really be a separate book, turning this one book into a four part series.