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A review by benmsmith
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
4.0
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this title.
There's a current trend in speculative fiction of creating a world very similar to ours where one aspect of our society's gone a little too far, and this fits right in with that. Needless to say, I loved this, and it's written in a very page-turning way. You're fighting for its characters, and it's frustrating to see them failed by a system that supposedly has their best interests in mind, regardless of if those are actually their best interests.
This feels like what Black Mirror wants to be instead of how too often it's just "what if phones but too much".
There's a current trend in speculative fiction of creating a world very similar to ours where one aspect of our society's gone a little too far, and this fits right in with that. Needless to say, I loved this, and it's written in a very page-turning way. You're fighting for its characters, and it's frustrating to see them failed by a system that supposedly has their best interests in mind, regardless of if those are actually their best interests.
This feels like what Black Mirror wants to be instead of how too often it's just "what if phones but too much".