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3.61 AVERAGE
dark
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After centuries of violence, men have been reduced to as small a percentage of the population as possible without risking inbreeding. Maren Uthaug presents an unsettling future earth where women rule. Women teach their children (almost entirely daughters, as boys don’t count as children in this society) about the evils of the patriarchy, about how males must be controlled so that their testosterone doesn’t cause them to rape and murder. In Eleven Percent, four women, living in what used to be Denmark, tell a story about gender, faith, secrets, and betrayal. This book is masterfully translated by Caroline Waight...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley, for review consideration.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley, for review consideration.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Medical trauma
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In a future version of our world, the patriarchal system of government, thought, and even species has been upended. The world is now completely run by women, with males being relegated to clinics, where they are trained and drugged to be compliant and non-aggressive. But four women, Medea, Wicca, Silence, and Eva are all experiencing this world in different ways. Medea, a snake breeder and witch, sees the decline of the males as a perversion of the balance of nature. Wicca, a priestess who's firm religious beliefs blind her to anyone's problems but her own. Silence, a non-verbal young woman who's plagued by guilt over a childhood experience. And Eva, a clinic technician who trains the young males at the clinic, but is hiding a secret to could destroy them all.
An interesting and thought-provoking exploration of what happens when you take today's political and societal atmosphere of a male-dominated world and invert it completely, does our society thrive or stagnate?
An interesting and thought-provoking exploration of what happens when you take today's political and societal atmosphere of a male-dominated world and invert it completely, does our society thrive or stagnate?
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was chaotic and intriguing. The four stories of Medea, Wicca, Silence, and Eva interconnect in a unique way, and through their stories, we get to see different facets of society and how the world has changed hundreds of years into the future after the "Evolution." It takes place in Denmark and is a novel in translation - which might be why some of the chapters come off as choppy? We see life through the lens of witches, female priestesses (Christianity has been changed back to its "original" form to worship the Mother), childhood, and ladymen. While there are mentions about how schooling has changed, how sex and female relationships have evolved, and deteriorating patriarchal structures, I wish there would've been more mention about how the government changed - how was the world organized? What did the change look like during the Evolution? Why were there so many people living in the slums? It felt communal, but also like there was some kind of crisis going on that wasn't addressed. I liked the book - it made me think, and brought up a lot of questions. I just wish more was answered within the book about their world. Definitely stuck with me!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Virkelig spændende, men jeg er alligevel efterladt med en følelse af, at jeg manglede noget. Eksempelvis forstod jeg slet ikke udviklingen af Medea og Wiccas forhold, for jeg følte ingen kemi imellem dem. Og selvom vi får Evas historie, synes jeg alligevel jeg må sætte spørgsmålstegn ved, hvad der ville ske med transpersoner/non-binære personer i det fremtidige samfund.
Bogen starter og slutter med Medea, men jeg var personligt gladere for at følge de andre personer i historien. Især Stille og Eva var interessante at følge.
Bogen starter og slutter med Medea, men jeg var personligt gladere for at følge de andre personer i historien. Især Stille og Eva var interessante at følge.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Thank you to Net Galley and Penguin Random House for providing an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
The idea of this book was very intriguing to me, especially after consuming Handmaid's Tale content for the past couple of years.
The longer I sit with the book, the more I find myself coming to terms with the fact that it was meant to be a very ugly story. I think it's really easy to think that the author shares the mindset of her characters, but did we do that to Margaret Atwood? No. So I'm choosing to believe that this author is not transphobic, or has any other outlandish prejudice.
Once I get passed that, I can appreciate the commentary this book offers.
It follows several, very different, POV characters, which allows you to view this world through the lenses of women who benefit or suffer greatly under the matriarchy they live under.
Finally, the prose is beautiful. This was recently translated to English but the beauty of the writing comes through wonderfully in the translation.
I will say trigger warning for trasphobia, blood used in cooking, animal abuse, child abuse, mutilation, and probably more (this book could due with a proper look by a sensitivity reader to better warn audiences of the content).
The idea of this book was very intriguing to me, especially after consuming Handmaid's Tale content for the past couple of years.
The longer I sit with the book, the more I find myself coming to terms with the fact that it was meant to be a very ugly story. I think it's really easy to think that the author shares the mindset of her characters, but did we do that to Margaret Atwood? No. So I'm choosing to believe that this author is not transphobic, or has any other outlandish prejudice.
Once I get passed that, I can appreciate the commentary this book offers.
It follows several, very different, POV characters, which allows you to view this world through the lenses of women who benefit or suffer greatly under the matriarchy they live under.
Finally, the prose is beautiful. This was recently translated to English but the beauty of the writing comes through wonderfully in the translation.
I will say trigger warning for trasphobia, blood used in cooking, animal abuse, child abuse, mutilation, and probably more (this book could due with a proper look by a sensitivity reader to better warn audiences of the content).