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A review by shiradest
This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
2.0
I may read this again, as it has been a rather long time since I read it, after being shocked to hear that my parents had read it together just before I was born, around the time this book came out, I believe.
I was very disappointed at the selfishness of Wei, and at the idea that a world with so much potential could go so badly wrong. That a man who could have done so much good for the entire world would choose to hoard that benefit for himself. But maybe it is "more real," as another reviewer put it. Certainly more real than [b:Brave New World|5129|Brave New World|Aldous Huxley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575509280l/5129._SY75_.jpg|3204877] .
I just felt so bitterly hopeless at the end, after all of the struggle. I felt such fear for humanity. There has to be a better way. And a better future.
I was very disappointed at the selfishness of Wei, and at the idea that a world with so much potential could go so badly wrong. That a man who could have done so much good for the entire world would choose to hoard that benefit for himself. But maybe it is "more real," as another reviewer put it. Certainly more real than [b:Brave New World|5129|Brave New World|Aldous Huxley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575509280l/5129._SY75_.jpg|3204877] .
I just felt so bitterly hopeless at the end, after all of the struggle. I felt such fear for humanity. There has to be a better way. And a better future.