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A review by xiomara
Hanna Who Fell from the Sky by Christopher Meades
1.0
** 0.75/5 and I’m been that specific **
The story about Hanna, a 17 year old girl who is about to get married when she turn 18. She lives with her father, her mother, the 3 more wives of her father and her 13 siblings. They live in Clearhaven, a community surrounded by the woods. They have a cult that remains me a lot to the Amish, they are don’t have any connection with their external surroundings, they don’t use technology... I don’t have that much knowledge with the beliefs and social expectations in the Amish community, I’m just pointing out that it remains me of it. By what I read this cult was created by Brother Paul, Jotham (Hanna’s father), Edwin (Hanna’s husband to be) and Francis. In this cult, males rule and they marry as many girls as they’ll like. The boys, when they are mature enough to get married are ‘chosen’ to leave their community because that’s ‘The Creator’s will’ but Hanna finds out is just a way for the older males to get rid of their competition and so the girls wouldn’t have a better choice for a husband.
The story deals a lot with Patriarchy, Incest, Sexual Harassment. There is a little bit of romance but is pointless.
But it is ok for Hanna to fight against her father’s will... because she fell from the sky... she deserves more ¿¿??
After she finds out that her mother didn’t have her but that she literally felt from the sky she decides that she is much more that the fifth wife of a man...
Once I put in my mind that the story has a way for the author to fulfill his sexual fantasies I couldn’t seem the story from another perspective. And I’m so sorry if it wasn’t his intention, I felt so uncomfortable reading this and I just can’t get his point of view in the story
The story about Hanna, a 17 year old girl who is about to get married when she turn 18. She lives with her father, her mother, the 3 more wives of her father and her 13 siblings. They live in Clearhaven, a community surrounded by the woods. They have a cult that remains me a lot to the Amish, they are don’t have any connection with their external surroundings, they don’t use technology... I don’t have that much knowledge with the beliefs and social expectations in the Amish community, I’m just pointing out that it remains me of it. By what I read this cult was created by Brother Paul, Jotham (Hanna’s father), Edwin (Hanna’s husband to be) and Francis. In this cult, males rule and they marry as many girls as they’ll like. The boys, when they are mature enough to get married are ‘chosen’ to leave their community because that’s ‘The Creator’s will’ but Hanna finds out is just a way for the older males to get rid of their competition and so the girls wouldn’t have a better choice for a husband.
The story deals a lot with Patriarchy, Incest, Sexual Harassment. There is a little bit of romance but is pointless.
But it is ok for Hanna to fight against her father’s will... because she fell from the sky... she deserves more ¿¿??
After she finds out that her mother didn’t have her but that she literally felt from the sky she decides that she is much more that the fifth wife of a man...
Once I put in my mind that the story has a way for the author to fulfill his sexual fantasies I couldn’t seem the story from another perspective. And I’m so sorry if it wasn’t his intention, I felt so uncomfortable reading this and I just can’t get his point of view in the story