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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
by Meg Elison
More and more, I feel that reading dystopian fiction is my best preparation for changes to our world, but that sure doesn't make it easy to get through it! This book was a page-turner thanks to a format that mixed short-hand diary entries and traditional narrative parts, not to mention the interesting characters and the compelling, if terrifying, settings. And there were AWFUL things that happened to girls and women, but thank god, they were not painstakingly detailed.
There were a couple of surprise settings that I think are better without any expectations of them, so I won't divulge the specifics here. I'm leaving off a star because I was annoyed by the structure and omniscient perspective that emerged unnecessarily in the last third or so of the book; it diluted the impact of the Midwife's story, and also tied up ends too neatly without needing to.
I have already requested [b:The Book of Etta|31548533|The Book of Etta (The Road to Nowhere #2)|Meg Elison|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1473206812s/31548533.jpg|53743664], the sequel!
There were a couple of surprise settings that I think are better without any expectations of them, so I won't divulge the specifics here. I'm leaving off a star because I was annoyed by the structure and omniscient perspective that emerged unnecessarily in the last third or so of the book; it diluted the impact of the Midwife's story, and also tied up ends too neatly without needing to.
I have already requested [b:The Book of Etta|31548533|The Book of Etta (The Road to Nowhere #2)|Meg Elison|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1473206812s/31548533.jpg|53743664], the sequel!