The world is like a Saudi Arabia esque society on steroids. In a way, the book reminded me of Orwell's 1984, with a bleak dystopian future where free thought is censored, and certain minorities (well, technically there are supposed to be more women than men in England) are oppressed. I can understand the frustration, and I believe that if the author managed to rile a sufficient amount of people (even more surprising because this novel was written by a man himself while it stereotypes his sex as a horde of incel sadistic psychopaths who love to humiliate and rape defenseless women), then he clearly achieved his purpose as a writer. In a way, after finishing the book which I devoured during an all-night flight I had yesterday, I was surprised by the horde of 1 and 2 star reviews, until I recalled that the very bleak story will surely turn a lot of people off. I entered this book with completely open expectations and never read any of the prior reviews. Now, first off, I would like to state a huge warning: this short novel contains torture porn. I am reviewing a complimentary arc copy from the author via Librarything. One of the most fascinating part about the book is the description of how we easy adapt even to shocking situations and how manipulating people hence society starts small but it is fast adsorbed into the culture. Why anyone would burn books or force human being to be not-human beings anymore? It seems a literary exercise to write about equality and freedom in 2014, but I am confident that we need it more than we think. This book reminds me a lot of Fahrenheit 451. You feel for her lack of freedom and for the prison she has to live in. She is the next-door girl, someone you can talk to you. The story is told from a female prospective: Mara is a successful novelist with a passion for used unknown books and a girlfriend she loved very much. We are told about the Hunt early in the novel, but everything about it unfolds slowly while reading the book revealing always now horrifying features. It is a dystopian novel set in the near future (2068), where women have no rights and men all the power. Although it is clearly a “version” of the city where nobody wishes to live, especially women. The book takes you directly into the magical atmosphere of London: the street, the bars, the tube and second-hand bookshops. I have read with a lot of interest “The Hunt” by Brad Stevens.
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