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elizabeth_paige 's review for:
The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood
This was an odd one for me. It is Atwood yet it didn't feel like the other of her books I've read. It was about a dystopian future where our main couple Charmaine and Stan live in an isolated community called Consilience, and alternate life in this controlled environment to life in Positron prison. This is all part of the lifestyle package to ensure productivity and security.
Early on the story was about Charmaine's affair with Max, which (for me) felt weird. I guess I didn't like Charmaine or Stan as characters so I didn't really care.
I liked the whole idea that Positron was essentially a body farming institution, but this wasn't focused on enough even though half the plot was about Stan (and presumably Charmaine) escaping their life contracts in Consilience. Since their lives were neat and tidy in Consilence I kinda missed how Stan was even slightly motivated to escape, so again I didn't care.
The politics of Consilience/Positron was interesting but I found the plot and characters to be odd.
Early on the story was about Charmaine's affair with Max, which (for me) felt weird. I guess I didn't like Charmaine or Stan as characters so I didn't really care.
I liked the whole idea that Positron was essentially a body farming institution, but this wasn't focused on enough even though half the plot was about Stan (and presumably Charmaine) escaping their life contracts in Consilience. Since their lives were neat and tidy in Consilence I kinda missed how Stan was even slightly motivated to escape, so again I didn't care.
The politics of Consilience/Positron was interesting but I found the plot and characters to be odd.