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A review by thewomancalledsun
Widowland by C.J. Carey
1.0
So I was very intrigued by this book but sadly it didn't do much of anything for me.
Widowland is an alternative history book posing the question of what would happen if Britain became a German colony and WWII didn't happen. Now again, intriguing premise.
The main character Rose is quite bland other than the fact that she is from the highest caste (oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Women are sorted into castes) there isn't ever really anything interesting about her that would draw you in. Also, her supposed intelligence was severely undercut in my eyes because of how idiotic it seemed to me that she never bothered to question why things were the way they were. I also found myself wanting some more perspective on the world from the eyes of a woman in a lower caste. The story while interesting enough that I didn't DNF still left me feeling like there were books that handled the whole premise better. The whole women's caste system and the calorie allocation gave me hibijibbies and I felt like it took away from the story more than it added to it. Overall, the treatment of women in the book did not sit right with me and took away from my possible enjoyment of it. The whole book lacked a lot of nuance in relation to the whole political landscape which did bother me quite a bit.
Widowland is an alternative history book posing the question of what would happen if Britain became a German colony and WWII didn't happen. Now again, intriguing premise.
The main character Rose is quite bland other than the fact that she is from the highest caste (oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Women are sorted into castes) there isn't ever really anything interesting about her that would draw you in. Also, her supposed intelligence was severely undercut in my eyes because of how idiotic it seemed to me that she never bothered to question why things were the way they were. I also found myself wanting some more perspective on the world from the eyes of a woman in a lower caste. The story while interesting enough that I didn't DNF still left me feeling like there were books that handled the whole premise better. The whole women's caste system and the calorie allocation gave me hibijibbies and I felt like it took away from the story more than it added to it. Overall, the treatment of women in the book did not sit right with me and took away from my possible enjoyment of it. The whole book lacked a lot of nuance in relation to the whole political landscape which did bother me quite a bit.