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momma_nilsen 's review for:
Flowers of Darkness
by Tatiana de Rosnay
Thanks to St. Martin's Press through Netgalley for an advance copy.
I think the best way to describe this novel is literary fiction with a dash of mystery and suspense mixed in. I got some 1984 vibes from the whole novel. You don't know who is watching you or recording you. Overall, it was a unique and quietly compelling novel. The premise was unusual (in a good way) and the setting was unsettling.
It had lies, secrets, betrayal. But most of all it was a book about the pain of lonliness and sorrow. There was hope mixed in, but the main character, Clarissa, definitely had some demons and scars that she carried around with her throughout the story, and she needed to find away to deal with the ugliness that plagued her.
I would say a weakness of this book is it felt a bit unfinished and lacked some substantial world building needed for a futuristic, dystopian society. That being said, I do think the writing and literary elements included in the novel did create a tense and suspenseful atmosphere that made the reader uncomfortable and claustrophobic.
Not a fast, compulsive read, but a literary take on consequences of Artificial Intelligence.
Book #51 of 2021
Pop Sugar 2021 Challenge: A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Goodreads
At time of writing this review: 3/4/21
435 Ratings
186 Reviews
I think the best way to describe this novel is literary fiction with a dash of mystery and suspense mixed in. I got some 1984 vibes from the whole novel. You don't know who is watching you or recording you. Overall, it was a unique and quietly compelling novel. The premise was unusual (in a good way) and the setting was unsettling.
It had lies, secrets, betrayal. But most of all it was a book about the pain of lonliness and sorrow. There was hope mixed in, but the main character, Clarissa, definitely had some demons and scars that she carried around with her throughout the story, and she needed to find away to deal with the ugliness that plagued her.
I would say a weakness of this book is it felt a bit unfinished and lacked some substantial world building needed for a futuristic, dystopian society. That being said, I do think the writing and literary elements included in the novel did create a tense and suspenseful atmosphere that made the reader uncomfortable and claustrophobic.
Not a fast, compulsive read, but a literary take on consequences of Artificial Intelligence.
Book #51 of 2021
Pop Sugar 2021 Challenge: A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Goodreads
At time of writing this review: 3/4/21
435 Ratings
186 Reviews