I was given a free copy of the book by the author in exchange for an
honest review
I’ve never had a doubt that the mankind has great potential in cruelty,
and the dystopian authors strengthened my belief. Firstly,
this book reminded me of George Orwell’s “1984”, where all people are also divided into
classes and strictly follow the orders of the government which acts within the
totalitarian model of power. Then I remembered another book, “The hunger games”,
written by a modern author Suzanne Collins. I could clearly see a parallel
between Katniss and Jen. Being rather young (Jen is only 18), they have a brave
heart to endure all the difficulties that the fate has in store for them.
The laws of this so-called government are aimed at keeping people in
terror, depriving them of the last hope to overthrow the power. The government has authorized itself to
execute tortures. Anyone from the poor class may become a “guinea pig” for the
medical experiments conducted by the government. Pure bloods Vs Non-pure bloods
remind us about the Hitler’s regime. Nice picture of the near future, isn’t it?
But why is dystopian genre so popular? It’s popular because the authors
try to turn our attention to the major problems of our society, exaggerating
them to the point of nonsense. Are all of the comforts of life available now
for the poor and the rich? Is there freedom of expression? Freedom to be who
you are? Discrimination, be it race discrimination or sexual orientation
discrimination? We have lots of problems to deal with, and that’s the point of
this book.
I loved the characters, the tension created by the author, and I
definitely support the choice of the topic, as we need more books giving us
brain food.
