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Prophet Song
by Paul Lynch
SUMMARY: Ireland is falling apart, caught somewhere between a fascist goverment take over and a violent resistance.There's always a reason for a family not to leave, and then suddenly it's just about too late
I had a hard time reading this book for pretty much the same reason that I think it's really powerful. It doesn't have that "epic fantasy" scope. You feel lost and disoriented here, seeing the world falling apart through such a limited perspective. Nothing seems to be caused by anything specific, just falling and falling and falling apart. But... that's the point. It's hard to follow confusion like this, and it's probably hard to orient yourself in it in real life. It's hard to trust anything. It's hard to make decisions, and that paralysis is insidious
I have one detail I thought was really cool (in such a minor way, but so tasteful and so impactful) :We never had to see anyone get raped to know that there was a threat of it. Again, that's really minor, except it's not. I'm so sick of violence against women being something an author adds to a book to up the stakes, to prove a point. Yes, it's there. It's scary. It's very very real. And no, we don't need to see it happen. Because the story can make its points without such a graphic, careless visual.
I had a hard time reading this book for pretty much the same reason that I think it's really powerful. It doesn't have that "epic fantasy" scope. You feel lost and disoriented here, seeing the world falling apart through such a limited perspective. Nothing seems to be caused by anything specific, just falling and falling and falling apart. But... that's the point. It's hard to follow confusion like this, and it's probably hard to orient yourself in it in real life. It's hard to trust anything. It's hard to make decisions, and that paralysis is insidious
I have one detail I thought was really cool (in such a minor way, but so tasteful and so impactful) :