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neculara 's review for:
The Beauty
by Aliya Whiteley
Quiet and intense at the same time, this is the story of a small, isolated post-apocalyotic society, in a world where all women are gone, and eventually replaced by... something.
It definetly challenges gender norms. There is a sort of flip - the roles have been inverted, but not in an angry "let's see how you like it!" kind of way, atleast that's not all, there's more depth too it than that. It's rather something that changes your identity, and not everyone manages to adapt to the new order.
It's also sparse, and although we do learn some things, the central mystery is preserved, which makes the story more powerful in my opinion.
It definetly challenges gender norms. There is a sort of flip - the roles have been inverted, but not in an angry "let's see how you like it!" kind of way, atleast that's not all, there's more depth too it than that. It's rather something that changes your identity, and not everyone manages to adapt to the new order.
It's also sparse, and although we do learn some things, the central mystery is preserved, which makes the story more powerful in my opinion.