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Mathilde fait la fierté de sa communauté. Elle est forte, talentueuse, amoureuse... Son destin est tout tracé.
Le jour où un mal inconnu touche les nouvelles générations, elle se lance dans une course contre la montre pour les sauver. Ce qu’elle découvre pourrait bien bouleverser son avenir et celui de toute l’humanité.

Écrite plus de quinze ans avant les crises sanitaire et climatique, La Nouvelle Arche apparaît comme une œuvre majeure et prophétique dont l’intrigue résonne étrangement avec l’actualité.

793 pages, Paperback

Published February 16, 2022

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Julie de Lestrange

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470 reviews85 followers
October 10, 2022
Ce roman peut être une porte d'entrée sympathique dans la science-fiction, si l'on est totalement étranger au genre. Il possède de belles qualités en terme de rythme et soulève des questions éthiques intéressantes, même si très classiques.
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114 reviews3 followers
February 1, 2023
Om by Julie de Lestrange caught my attention through the book blurb, from the "inhospitable territory" subject to attacks from "an invisible enemy" leading to "an unexplained drop in fertility". From that description, I went into this book anticipating a full-on sci-fi war-like adventure parallel to the survival of humanity. The author provides an early-on foreshadowing of a civilization in dire straights, including the need for repopulation, a compromised food supply, and a center responsible for overseeing of the raising of "specimens" (akin to embryos) through artificial wombs. The description and early-on foreshadowing and explanation of the current manner in which the civilization was surviving were/is intriguing. Along the way, the storyline weaves through the lives of several main characters and there are some "breadcrumbs" left here and there that seem to point to a conspiracy theory and/or revolt. These aspects of the book also intrigued me, and when I had about 1/3 rd of the book remaining to be read, the storyline made me turn the pages at rapid speed to find out what would happen next.

That said, the first 2/3 rds of the book were a bit of a struggle for me at times. It took a while for me to become invested in this storyline and it felt like there were several aspects of the storyline that were introduced briefly but warranted additional explanation. I also went into this book knowing that it was the first in a series, so this could account for some of these aspects being quickly introduced so that they can be revisited in the future. While I enjoyed the story, and am intrigued by the idea of repopulating a war-ravaged civilization via breakthrough technology, I am not certain I'll continue to read the remainder of the series. I had to ponder on how to rate/review this book because for the mast majority of the book I was thinking this would be a two-star read for me. The last third of the book was greatly improved and made me decide to rate this book as a three-star read in the end. Because of this, I may move on to the next book in the series, hopeful that the writing style and storyline progress along the lines of the portion of this book that I was enthralled with.

I do think those who are interested in Science Fiction with a coup/uprising, survival, and/or conspiracy theory plot will enjoy this book and would recommend it to those types of readers, with the understanding that there is a lot of buildup before the "action" kicks in, at least in this book of the series.

Thank you for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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247 reviews1 follower
April 1, 2025
Je suis contente d'avoir découvert une dystopie française même si ce fut une lecture en demie teinte pour moi.

J'ai aimé la dimension écologique et éthique sur laquelle repose toute la réflexion de cette saga. Les chapitres sont courts ce qui permet de donner un bon rythme à la lecture.

J'ai trouvé dommage de ne pas avoir de contexte autour de l'histoire. Je comprends qu'en donnant peu d'éléments l'autrice fait passer l'idée que cela pourrait arriver n'importe où et n'importe quand. Mais j'ai eu l'impression que l'intrigue a été lâchée comme ça.

Je pense que le plus gros défaut que j'ai à donner à cette saga c'est que je n'ai pas été surprise une seule fois. Tous les enchaînements d'événements etaient prévisibles ce qui a fait diminuer mon entrain pour cette lecture.

Cela reste une bonne saga mais ça ne sera pas une lecture marquante pour moi.
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10 reviews
November 19, 2022
Un livre très intéressant qui pose des questions éthiques… c’est dystopique en même temps! J’ai bien aimé les relations entre les personnages, la romance n’est pas en premier plan!

Ce sont 2 sociétés, qui se basent sur des méthodes qui semblent différentes mais qui ne le sont pas vraiment en fin de compte.

Je le conseille !
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