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constant__reader 's review for:
The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood
Well I just finished The Heart Goes Last, and I'm left feeling a slight tinge of disappointment over having purchased this book over the Stone Mattress. In all seriousness I love Margaret Atwood, but this book was sorely lacking...everything.
I found the idea of Positron Prison & Consilience really intriguing , but the first half of the book was more or less boring erotica, and not until the second half to the final third, was the book actually fast paced or gripping in any way.
I guess maybe as it was depicted in previous reviews that it was heavily dystopian themed , I was expecting more MaddAddam trilogy style.
I found the female characters flimsy, depthless, and cheesy. The only characters I felt anything for were Stan and Lucinda Quant, but even those were fleeting. Especially at the first half of the book when Stan becomes so shallowly obsessive.
I even found a couple typos, which I know happen, but nevertheless irked me . Lol.
All in all the idea behind the dystopian, economically collapsed society, and positron/Consilience project were brilliant . But if only she had spent less time on some of the weird sexual themes and developed the characters more, I'd give it more than a 2.5-3 out of 5.
I found the idea of Positron Prison & Consilience really intriguing , but the first half of the book was more or less boring erotica, and not until the second half to the final third, was the book actually fast paced or gripping in any way.
I guess maybe as it was depicted in previous reviews that it was heavily dystopian themed , I was expecting more MaddAddam trilogy style.
I found the female characters flimsy, depthless, and cheesy. The only characters I felt anything for were Stan and Lucinda Quant, but even those were fleeting. Especially at the first half of the book when Stan becomes so shallowly obsessive.
I even found a couple typos, which I know happen, but nevertheless irked me . Lol.
All in all the idea behind the dystopian, economically collapsed society, and positron/Consilience project were brilliant . But if only she had spent less time on some of the weird sexual themes and developed the characters more, I'd give it more than a 2.5-3 out of 5.