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Yours for the Taking
by Gabrielle Korn
3.5/5 stars
Yours For The Taking. The Debut novel by Gabrielle Korn.
Yours For The Taking is a very interesting story that weaves themes of climate fiction, speculative fiction and dystopian fiction into one intriguing tale. The story takes place in the mid-late 21st century where the climate is rapidly deteriorating and sustaining human life on Earth as we know it is coming to an end. The governments and private industry concoct a plan to make “Insides” where a massive number of people can live in a controlled environment. North America’s Inside is located in present-day Manhattan. But of course the motives of a character in private industry has wild plans and that is what makes this novel so interesting.
People are picked to live in the North American Inside near the start of this story and we follow the main character through this journey. Ava goes in to the Inside as a 20-something and we follow her through into middle age. Her daughter also hits her early 20s by the end of this book and becomes a very important character in her own right. The story follows these women along with a few other characters in a highly-controlled environment that is the brainchild of a billionaire & women’s rights activist, Jacquelyn. On the surface, everything looks utopian and perfect. Matching outfits, gardens, great smelling air and safety from the trashed Earth. It’s VERY quickly revealed that all is not what it seems. I don’t want to give away a lot because it just gets really wild and interesting!
I found this book to be a very engaging read and I got through it pretty quickly. While it dealt with some very serious issues it was a very entertaining read. The characters and their relationships are well developed. The love stories, family ties and friendships really give us a sense of who these people are. The building of the villain, Jacquelyn, the wealthy-white-billionaire-woman’s rights advocate is pretty good because the reader is just given every reason to despise her. She thinks she has great intentions, but she is way off-base and so unethical. While this book didn’t have any good twist reveals, it was still captivating as you wanted to see where this all ended up. And of course, you want to see the billionaire tumble.
I recommend this book to fans of speculative fiction, dystopian fiction, women’s fiction, LGBTQIA+ relationships/issues and climate fiction.
Thank you Netgalley, Gabrielle Korn and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.
Yours For The Taking. The Debut novel by Gabrielle Korn.
Yours For The Taking is a very interesting story that weaves themes of climate fiction, speculative fiction and dystopian fiction into one intriguing tale. The story takes place in the mid-late 21st century where the climate is rapidly deteriorating and sustaining human life on Earth as we know it is coming to an end. The governments and private industry concoct a plan to make “Insides” where a massive number of people can live in a controlled environment. North America’s Inside is located in present-day Manhattan. But of course the motives of a character in private industry has wild plans and that is what makes this novel so interesting.
People are picked to live in the North American Inside near the start of this story and we follow the main character through this journey. Ava goes in to the Inside as a 20-something and we follow her through into middle age. Her daughter also hits her early 20s by the end of this book and becomes a very important character in her own right. The story follows these women along with a few other characters in a highly-controlled environment that is the brainchild of a billionaire & women’s rights activist, Jacquelyn. On the surface, everything looks utopian and perfect. Matching outfits, gardens, great smelling air and safety from the trashed Earth. It’s VERY quickly revealed that all is not what it seems. I don’t want to give away a lot because it just gets really wild and interesting!
I found this book to be a very engaging read and I got through it pretty quickly. While it dealt with some very serious issues it was a very entertaining read. The characters and their relationships are well developed. The love stories, family ties and friendships really give us a sense of who these people are. The building of the villain, Jacquelyn, the wealthy-white-billionaire-woman’s rights advocate is pretty good because the reader is just given every reason to despise her. She thinks she has great intentions, but she is way off-base and so unethical. While this book didn’t have any good twist reveals, it was still captivating as you wanted to see where this all ended up. And of course, you want to see the billionaire tumble.
I recommend this book to fans of speculative fiction, dystopian fiction, women’s fiction, LGBTQIA+ relationships/issues and climate fiction.
Thank you Netgalley, Gabrielle Korn and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.