Daniela Ramirez’s Reviews > The Breeders > Status Update

Overall, the book is amazing but very sorrowful. I've noticed that the character, Riley, is surrounded by a lot of negativity. Her parents were killed/experimented on and now she's trying to escape from the same people who have torn her life apart bit by bit. Riley is quite an example of a strong character that is driven by the love for their family.

I think that as the book progresses, you get to see the different points of views of the "Breeders." They're forced to perform these inhumane experiments on people, especially fertile woman, to help raise the population. However, this still doesn't excuse the fact that they torture the women and leave them no choice over their own body.

In the story, the "Doctor" tells Riley that the government only want what's best for the people. They didn't mean to harm the population, so in order to replace all the damage done they hope to restore the female population. However, men are getting the right to choose the experiments they want to perform on women who unwillingly have their lives up for torture. This reminds me of the pro choice vs pro life issue.

Over the past few days, I think the book really shows the struggles of women in a much darker and stronger sexist society. In the society that we are accustomed to, women are met with an abundance of opportunities and although there's some unbalance in equality, it's nothing compared to the women in the story.

I think the society in the book holds a lot of misogyny that is brainwashed into all of the citizens head from an early age. The idea that women should only be used for experimental purposes and to please men is enforced and I think that's taking the issues occurring in third world countries and trying to embed into a society that we are accustomed to. There's a stark contrast between these societies.