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A review by audaciaray
Big Machine by Victor LaValle
4.0
Great, inventive, sharp, and funny read, with interesting stuff about race, class, and religion thrown in for good measure.
One bit toward the end of the book really bugged me though - in a flashback, the main character accompanies his girlfriend to a clinic for an abortion, and he is in the room with her during the procedure. No abortion clinic that I know of allows this. It's a consent thing - the staff wants to make sure the woman is 100% sure of her decision, and they can't get informed, un-influenced consent with the woman's partner in the room. I mean, I know there are angels and soul-eating cats and stuff in the book and all, but the un-reality of the abortion scene really bugged me.
One bit toward the end of the book really bugged me though - in a flashback, the main character accompanies his girlfriend to a clinic for an abortion, and he is in the room with her during the procedure. No abortion clinic that I know of allows this. It's a consent thing - the staff wants to make sure the woman is 100% sure of her decision, and they can't get informed, un-influenced consent with the woman's partner in the room. I mean, I know there are angels and soul-eating cats and stuff in the book and all, but the un-reality of the abortion scene really bugged me.