panThis book is as dull and monotonous as the endless concrete wall at its center. The dystopian plot is not well thought out nor clever- climate change has caused water levels to rise, walls are built surrounding Britain to exclude “The Others” from being able to enter, while the world seems to somehow continue otherwise unaffected- no food shortages, a persevering economy, etc. What the plot lacks is not offset by the writing... (cont. 👇🏻)
emilyhaldi Lanchester overexplains every thought or action of the narrator to the point that it could pass for a YA novel. I‘m confounded as to why this book has been chosen for the #manbooker long list. 5y
Megabooks Blech! 5y
Cathythoughts Interesting!!! Some of these Booker books ... I don‘t get it 5y
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TrishB And I had been tempted by this one. I‘ve found I like them less and less each year. (edited) 5y
Kalalalatja Well, I‘m in no hurry to get to this, then 😅 5y
Redwritinghood Agree. This is definitely not the strongest of the Booker contenders this year. One thing that bothered me was how he said they produced all their own food, but they kept drinking tea and coffee. I was so distracted thinking “there‘s no way they could grow tea and coffee in England” every time a character drank tea or coffee. It was annoying. (edited) 5y
batsy I love an entertaining pan like this one 😆 Nice review ! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm I wasn‘t drawn to this one when I read the synopsis..🤷♀️ Nice review 👍 5y
emilyhaldi Right! @Redwritinghood So many details that didn‘t correspond with the narrative. 5y
emilyhaldi Glad to be of service 😆 @batsy 5y
Reviewsbylola You‘re not a dystopian fan tho so why did you read this? 😆 5y
BarbaraBB I did like this one but I recognize all you say about it. I think I liked the premise and was maybe not very critical. 5y
emilyhaldi @BarbaraBB and I, on the other hand, tend to hate dystopian plots, so I was hyper-critical 😆 since this made the long list I thought I would give it a try but I need to stop trying to make dystopian fiction happen!!! 🙅🏻♀️ 5y
BarbaraBB Haha. I do like dystopian sometimes. Do you hate them all? 5y
emilyhaldi @BarbaraBB my hate for them grows with every additional one I read 😆 feels like the same trope to me each time. 5y
Mdargusch Yuck. I never would‘ve picked this up. #justsaynotodystopian 5y
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