so-soI don‘t know - really. I‘ve only read the graphic novel and I liked it, but it only focussed on the love story. Now I listened to the audiobook and thought the whole story was pretty good. But I ended up pretty annoyed by Winston being whiny and insecure. The Winston actir in the audio play was this good, the whining was almost unbearable. 😳😳😳
pick5 Stars • Dystopian, Political, Speculative Fiction, Ireland ??
"Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch is a dystopian novel set in a near-future Ireland turning totalitarian. It follows Eilish Stack as her life unravels with her husband's arrest. Themes include authoritarianism and family. Lynch's intense style won the 2023 Booker Prize.
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pickWow, this dystopian novel was great! I loved how it plays with how books can take over one's subconscious, giving fiction more agency than is usual in these types of books. Only one quibble with this one, #tob #tob25 : why oh why is it up against James? I have no idea how to even compare them 😂
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pickI loved the Giver in HS. Only recently did I find out there were more books to this quartet. This book is not a sequel, but a continuation of a theme. In this world, the people of this place do not care for others. They steal and argue. This notion of taking other‘s creativity as their own, under their control, was a hard hitting theme. I do wish there was more describing the village, though, as this story was more character based.
panThis one really fell flat for me.
The plot was a cut and past of the previous books in the series with only a slight variation in the exact location of where things went down. The characters have had no growth throughout the series and it‘s made extremely clear in this one. I wouldn‘t continue and read the last book in this series but as I own it and Specials was supposed to be the last in the series I do plan to read on and see what Extras adds.
Finished a longer listen this week and am waiting on a library hold. So I decided to listen to some short prequel books for a series I‘ll try to read this year. I am *really* trying to read books I own this year!! *realllllyyyyyy*
And I love the Silo series on AppleTV, so I want to read ahead and see what happens next. I‘ve been finding dystopia oddly comforting lately. But I couldn‘t read a WWII book right now to save my life.
pickIt feels really weird to have red this in the current social and political climate of today. Finishing this I could see a couple of different ways to interpret this book but I think what stands out to me is commentary of the disappearance of truth in regards to memory.
pick4.25❤️ it looks like this is getting mixed reviews here, I fall better inline with the GR reviews. I loved this. I do think the blurb is misleading. Calling it Orphean is not right. Our MC Rainy does lose his wife and goes on an adventure but the adventure is him finding himself. The book is written in a Greek tragedy vibe and style which I loved, and once I got over the expectations of the synopsis I really loved the whole thing. #ToBlonglist
Just a little nitpicking here. There is a point early in the book in which two seniors, one of whom uses a cane, start walking down a winding staircase and plan on the trip taking two days. Okay, I‘m a senior and I use a cane. The characters in the book talk about the trip down being the easy part but the trip back up is what‘s going to be hard. Nope. Nope, nope, nope. I promise that my old knees find the trip down to be worse. Going up (cont)⬇️
