skoppelkam 's review for:

The Future by Naomi Alderman

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really loved "The Power", and "The Future" has solidified Naomi Alderman as an author who I will continue to pick up as a huge fan of dystopia and futurism. "The Future" features a fun-to-read cast of tech billionaires who can save themselves at the end of the world, and one hell of a plot twist. It also spoke to my recent interest in bunkers, as the billionaire bunkers Alderman describes herein are basically the HGTV dream homes of prepping lolz. I would imagine Alderman had to do a lot of research to spin out the AI technology she writes about here, and it was worth it. 4.5 stars - 5 stars until I felt like the last 150 pages dragged a bit.