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Yours for the Taking
by Gabrielle Korn
Tense, atmospheric and dystopian. This story examines the extremes of our political climate, drawing a long line into the future from our inaction on climate change to our men's rights / women's rights struggles and how society views trans people and gender essentialism. What if all of these issues reach their natural conclusions, and are paired with an ego maniac billionaire who can shape the world to her liking?
I found this to be highly compelling dystopian fiction. The world Korn builds feels highly familiar and also entirely brand new. I loved the issues explored and also the wide variety of characters (this is a multi POV novel) who play a key role in the tale.
However I found the character development to be slow and shallow. All the characters felt like one dimensional caricatures - serving a role in the narrative but not having much personal development or depth. This is probably due to the fact that we only see them in quick snapshots over many years.
The ending felt like a soft sigh instead of a climax. The whole book felt like it was building towards some big dramatic explosion which never happened.
The narration was clinical and felt detached from the text, lending very little emotional weight to the events. I think this book had a lot of big and interesting ideas that ultimately were not realized in the actual narrative.
I found this to be highly compelling dystopian fiction. The world Korn builds feels highly familiar and also entirely brand new. I loved the issues explored and also the wide variety of characters (this is a multi POV novel) who play a key role in the tale.
However I found the character development to be slow and shallow. All the characters felt like one dimensional caricatures - serving a role in the narrative but not having much personal development or depth. This is probably due to the fact that we only see them in quick snapshots over many years.
The ending felt like a soft sigh instead of a climax. The whole book felt like it was building towards some big dramatic explosion which never happened.
The narration was clinical and felt detached from the text, lending very little emotional weight to the events. I think this book had a lot of big and interesting ideas that ultimately were not realized in the actual narrative.