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A review by reading_rainy
Archetype by M.D. Waters
4.0
First it reminded me of THE UNIT, then it reminded me of THE HANDMAIDS TALE, BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, and THE HOST. Then I stopped trying to compare it and sunk into the story.
It’s dystopian, science fiction, suspenseful, and romantic. I read it very quickly because I couldn’t wait to get to the end. Then I did, and was slightly disappointed. It’s been set up perfectly for a sequel…and that isn’t a bad thing. I just expected, and wanted a clean ending.
Future earth is a frightening place. After years of selective breeding and fertility issues, women are mostly sterile. There is a civil war going on, splitting the United States down the middle. In the West women are free, and on the East Coast the few fertile young girls are being housed and “groomed” for purchase by wealthy men.
Emma wakes up in a hospital to find a man who says he is her husband. Almost every night since awakening she has horrifying dreams of being inside a tube filled with liquid, and she dreams of a man she loves deeply, who isn’t her husband. She wakes up to find she has the ability to paint beautiful beach scenes but no memory of ever going to the beach. Emma’s story is a mystery that deepens with every chapter. Her husband says she is recovering from a severe trauma caused by the rebellion…but there are holes in his story that cause her to search out answers. I’d like to say more, but don’t want to ruin those mysteries for you.
This is a book I’ll definitely re-read in the future.
It’s dystopian, science fiction, suspenseful, and romantic. I read it very quickly because I couldn’t wait to get to the end. Then I did, and was slightly disappointed. It’s been set up perfectly for a sequel…and that isn’t a bad thing. I just expected, and wanted a clean ending.
Future earth is a frightening place. After years of selective breeding and fertility issues, women are mostly sterile. There is a civil war going on, splitting the United States down the middle. In the West women are free, and on the East Coast the few fertile young girls are being housed and “groomed” for purchase by wealthy men.
Emma wakes up in a hospital to find a man who says he is her husband. Almost every night since awakening she has horrifying dreams of being inside a tube filled with liquid, and she dreams of a man she loves deeply, who isn’t her husband. She wakes up to find she has the ability to paint beautiful beach scenes but no memory of ever going to the beach. Emma’s story is a mystery that deepens with every chapter. Her husband says she is recovering from a severe trauma caused by the rebellion…but there are holes in his story that cause her to search out answers. I’d like to say more, but don’t want to ruin those mysteries for you.
This is a book I’ll definitely re-read in the future.