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A review by agirlandabook85
Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter
4.0
4.5 stars
This tells the story of Celeste who lives in a world where the future is foretold on women’s bodies. The unique moles and freckles of a woman are deemed to be similar to constellations in the sky which can be interpreted to show how her life will turn out. Within this dystopian universe men do not have this gift and as such rely upon the future being told upon the lives of women close to them. Around the age of puberty a girl becomes a woman when her markings change and her fate is set. But what happens when that future is something you want to prevent at all cost?
At this point I will include a CW: (This book contains Confinement, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape and Kidnapping).
The major theme within this book is topical for many of the conversations currently being held in our country right now. The objectivity of women, victim blaming, focusing upon the behaviour of women rather than the violence of men and as such it may be a difficult read for some at this time, please be kind to yourself.
In addition to the above vital social commentary of what it is to often be a woman in this world the book also left me puzzling my very existence. I loved the concept of fate and destiny... would you want to know how your life was going to turn out from the start? Would you prefer to have the knowledge of future so as to prepare but have no choice over what that might be?
This was an astounding debut and I throughly enjoyed reading it ✨
This tells the story of Celeste who lives in a world where the future is foretold on women’s bodies. The unique moles and freckles of a woman are deemed to be similar to constellations in the sky which can be interpreted to show how her life will turn out. Within this dystopian universe men do not have this gift and as such rely upon the future being told upon the lives of women close to them. Around the age of puberty a girl becomes a woman when her markings change and her fate is set. But what happens when that future is something you want to prevent at all cost?
At this point I will include a CW: (This book contains Confinement, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape and Kidnapping).
The major theme within this book is topical for many of the conversations currently being held in our country right now. The objectivity of women, victim blaming, focusing upon the behaviour of women rather than the violence of men and as such it may be a difficult read for some at this time, please be kind to yourself.
In addition to the above vital social commentary of what it is to often be a woman in this world the book also left me puzzling my very existence. I loved the concept of fate and destiny... would you want to know how your life was going to turn out from the start? Would you prefer to have the knowledge of future so as to prepare but have no choice over what that might be?
This was an astounding debut and I throughly enjoyed reading it ✨