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SAME! I wanted it to be sci fi.
I mean, not stereotypes really. Reflecting America 206-
Thanks for the review, so many like this, think I’ll skip. Too many great reads out there. 😊
I’m at 24% (audiobook) and between the religion and the politics… I can’t. Assuming I should give up?
I agree! TOO much! I never DNF books but, I can’t push through this one any longer! If I wanted the politics…I would watch the news.
I felt the same way!!! WAY too much political overtone. DNF for me as well. I had such high hopes for this one, too. Bummer.
AGREED! Felt like I was choking on all the political propaganda being shoved down my throat on every page.
I gave up last night at 30%. I wanted to like it and just couldn't do it. Political and boring actually. Just wasn't for me.
Honest question: how did you hope it would be?
I put it in DNF at 50%, read the reviews from people falling all over themselves in love with this book and decided to go back and finish it. I should have listened to myself.
I had so much hope for the novel. But after 50 pages. I already knew I wanted to throw it against the wall. The only reason I’m forcing it. It’s for my book club and I purchased the novel. Too much social, political issues in the book. I get enough on social media, and news. It felt like the author used the early days of Covid and how nations were dealing. The characters fell flat. I hated the book.
YES. completely agree. It was almost laughable.
What kind of politics? I really want to read this book. It looks so good, but then I saw your comment just now and now I’m worried I won’t like it. It depends on what you mean by “politics”
I’m not understanding what political agenda you’re referring to? Am I missing something?
What politics? What agenda? “Live your life to its fullest” is not political.
There’s definitely a political sub-text; substitute ‘length of string’ for color of skin, God you pray to, border you’re born within, disability you live with, side of ballot you vote on - and then acknowledge all the prejudices, distrust & violent rhetoric directed towards those who are different by people who are too fearful or too close-minded to accept that diversity will always be a part of being human. And let’s not forget the political leader fanning the flames of fear and distrust to catapult him into office. If the allusion isn’t clear, maybe a reader needs to take a closer look at what’s happening across society and what disenfranchised people have dealt with since the start of time.
I think that’s one thing I didn’t like about this book. That message is deep, relevant, important. Yet I felt it was resolved a bit too neatly in this book; making the final message about acceptance and living for today felt trite. Also… if I read a book set in some imagined world, I want the pieces to at least fit together and make sense. ie, If we can’t change the date of our death, how can an assisted suicide movement so people can die on their own terms be of any consequence? 🤔 …seems that would be an impossible thing, to take your life at your choosing. Little things like that stuck out and ruined it for me. Also… there was no real speculation on how/why/who the boxes came from - that’s totally outside human nature. She included just a couple sentences in whole book about “no one knows” and never dug deeper. Just didn’t work for me. Also agree some of characters weren’t very well developed; they just served a role in playing out her larger message (which some people seem to have missed completely).
The author grew up in a rich New York suburb where the median income is over $200,000. I’m not surprised by all the virtue signaling and stereotypes anymore, it just became a bit laughable honestly.
Agree. The originality of the idea has blinded everyone to the fact it’s a poorly written ramble
Came here to find someone else who feels this way.
Oh no. I may NOT want to read this. Thanks for our review.
I came here to say the very thing that you said perfectly. The storyline itself was wonderful- if it had just been told in a different light. Without certain agendas and persuasions. I would love to give this book a five but have to knock it back to a four due to these things. And like you at the very end I sped my audiobook to 1.5 just to get it over with.
She is a bad writer. Harvard degrees and being a professional editor might get you published but they don’t make you a decent writer.
Just a small part about politics & how some short-stringers faced discrimination etc. - that part added more interest to the narrative. Could have been dull without it.
Too political, stopped listening at 21%!!
So political. The discrimination of short stringers reminded me of the discrimination of people who chose not to get the Covid vaccine.
I agree with Shelly. It was terrible. I had to force myself to finish reading it. It is for book club but I will not attend this book club because I have nothing nice to say about this book and don’t want to offend anyone there.
Completely agree! DNF today at about 40%.
I thought the political fallout was interesting.
I bet I can figure out which side you're on lmaoooo
One is the worst books I’ve ever read. My high school freshmen students could write a better book. Boring caricatures for characters , so many plot holes , just no. People really need to read better quality books so they know what a good books is lol
Agreed. Wish I had stopped reading it after the first 50 pages.
I agree with your review. Great initial concept, but the plot then devolves into a ripped from the (future) headlines novel. Politically, it seemed like the author was trying to check a bunch of boxes. Maybe if she'd picked one issue and explored it more thoughtfully, the book would have felt less preachy.
Crystal, your review speaks for me! I couldn't agree more. So much could have been done here. I almost quit with only about twenty pages left. "Holy politics."
Worst book our book club read in 20 years. We all hated it. Agree with your review. I was excited about the idea of the book, but the execution and politics ruined it completely.
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I mean, not stereotypes really. Reflecting America 206-
Thanks for the review, so many like this, think I’ll skip. Too many great reads out there. 😊
I’m at 24% (audiobook) and between the religion and the politics… I can’t. Assuming I should give up?
I agree! TOO much! I never DNF books but, I can’t push through this one any longer! If I wanted the politics…I would watch the news.
I felt the same way!!! WAY too much political overtone. DNF for me as well. I had such high hopes for this one, too. Bummer.
AGREED! Felt like I was choking on all the political propaganda being shoved down my throat on every page.
I gave up last night at 30%. I wanted to like it and just couldn't do it. Political and boring actually. Just wasn't for me.
Honest question: how did you hope it would be?
I put it in DNF at 50%, read the reviews from people falling all over themselves in love with this book and decided to go back and finish it. I should have listened to myself.
I had so much hope for the novel. But after 50 pages. I already knew I wanted to throw it against the wall. The only reason I’m forcing it. It’s for my book club and I purchased the novel. Too much social, political issues in the book. I get enough on social media, and news. It felt like the author used the early days of Covid and how nations were dealing. The characters fell flat. I hated the book.
YES. completely agree. It was almost laughable.
What kind of politics? I really want to read this book. It looks so good, but then I saw your comment just now and now I’m worried I won’t like it. It depends on what you mean by “politics”
I’m not understanding what political agenda you’re referring to? Am I missing something?
What politics? What agenda? “Live your life to its fullest” is not political.
There’s definitely a political sub-text; substitute ‘length of string’ for color of skin, God you pray to, border you’re born within, disability you live with, side of ballot you vote on - and then acknowledge all the prejudices, distrust & violent rhetoric directed towards those who are different by people who are too fearful or too close-minded to accept that diversity will always be a part of being human. And let’s not forget the political leader fanning the flames of fear and distrust to catapult him into office. If the allusion isn’t clear, maybe a reader needs to take a closer look at what’s happening across society and what disenfranchised people have dealt with since the start of time. I think that’s one thing I didn’t like about this book. That message is deep, relevant, important. Yet I felt it was resolved a bit too neatly in this book; making the final message about acceptance and living for today felt trite. Also… if I read a book set in some imagined world, I want the pieces to at least fit together and make sense. ie, If we can’t change the date of our death, how can an assisted suicide movement so people can die on their own terms be of any consequence? 🤔 …seems that would be an impossible thing, to take your life at your choosing. Little things like that stuck out and ruined it for me. Also… there was no real speculation on how/why/who the boxes came from - that’s totally outside human nature. She included just a couple sentences in whole book about “no one knows” and never dug deeper. Just didn’t work for me. Also agree some of characters weren’t very well developed; they just served a role in playing out her larger message (which some people seem to have missed completely).
The author grew up in a rich New York suburb where the median income is over $200,000. I’m not surprised by all the virtue signaling and stereotypes anymore, it just became a bit laughable honestly.
Agree. The originality of the idea has blinded everyone to the fact it’s a poorly written ramble
Came here to find someone else who feels this way.
Oh no. I may NOT want to read this. Thanks for our review.
I came here to say the very thing that you said perfectly. The storyline itself was wonderful- if it had just been told in a different light. Without certain agendas and persuasions. I would love to give this book a five but have to knock it back to a four due to these things. And like you at the very end I sped my audiobook to 1.5 just to get it over with.
She is a bad writer. Harvard degrees and being a professional editor might get you published but they don’t make you a decent writer.
Just a small part about politics & how some short-stringers faced discrimination etc. - that part added more interest to the narrative. Could have been dull without it.
Too political, stopped listening at 21%!!
So political. The discrimination of short stringers reminded me of the discrimination of people who chose not to get the Covid vaccine.
I agree with Shelly. It was terrible. I had to force myself to finish reading it. It is for book club but I will not attend this book club because I have nothing nice to say about this book and don’t want to offend anyone there.
Completely agree! DNF today at about 40%.
I thought the political fallout was interesting.
I bet I can figure out which side you're on lmaoooo
One is the worst books I’ve ever read. My high school freshmen students could write a better book. Boring caricatures for characters , so many plot holes , just no. People really need to read better quality books so they know what a good books is lol
Agreed. Wish I had stopped reading it after the first 50 pages.
I agree with your review. Great initial concept, but the plot then devolves into a ripped from the (future) headlines novel. Politically, it seemed like the author was trying to check a bunch of boxes. Maybe if she'd picked one issue and explored it more thoughtfully, the book would have felt less preachy.
Crystal, your review speaks for me! I couldn't agree more. So much could have been done here. I almost quit with only about twenty pages left. "Holy politics."
Worst book our book club read in 20 years. We all hated it. Agree with your review. I was excited about the idea of the book, but the execution and politics ruined it completely.
