amysutton's review
1.0
I feel like the author tried cramming every social justice issue she could but then it mostly centered on hating white people... and yet all of her main characters with actual speaking lines were white people... so I don’t get it.
By the end of the book, I didn’t understand anything the rebels were talking about and actually sympathized more with the wealthy immortal people who were being attacked than with the slummy self righteous college kids who were fighting the man by killing people.
By the end of the book, I didn’t understand anything the rebels were talking about and actually sympathized more with the wealthy immortal people who were being attacked than with the slummy self righteous college kids who were fighting the man by killing people.
pixe1's review
4.0
Lacking somewhat in subtlety and original themes but overall I loved and devoured this.
randyrasa's review against another edition
2.0
Interesting premise, but not much else. The characters, setting, plot, and writing just didn't do enough, for me.
misssusan's review
3.0
very contemporary book
i mean it's set like a hundred years in the future but the themes and issues feel very of the moment, the way activism is constituted and the use of some highly morally shady tactics by the police
also the rich benefitting off the limited use of resources that should fairly be available to all
(that one's less contemporary than timeless but then again that has been in the news quite a bit lately)
anyways props to laurie penny, who apparently can handle non-fiction and fiction with equal aplomb
3 stars
i mean it's set like a hundred years in the future but the themes and issues feel very of the moment, the way activism is constituted and the use of some highly morally shady tactics by the police
also the rich benefitting off the limited use of resources that should fairly be available to all
(that one's less contemporary than timeless but then again that has been in the news quite a bit lately)
anyways props to laurie penny, who apparently can handle non-fiction and fiction with equal aplomb
3 stars
dokushoka's review
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
randyrasa's review
2.0
Interesting premise, but not much else. The characters, setting, plot, and writing just didn't do enough, for me.
bleary's review
3.0
Clunky sci-fi, on-the-nose allegory, thin characters and YA-level writing, but okay apart from that.
ellensears's review
4.0
love a short story that really knows its pacing. love a sci fi dystopian short story that has an original premise with pay off!
thaydra's review
3.0
An interesting novella about a scientist who has created a pill that will keep a person young, the society that is now divided between the rich who can afford the pill, and those who cannot, the activists trying to change it, and the conflicted traitor among them.
It is a politically charged book that questions the use of undercover agents and the actions they are allowed to get away with, the cost and availability of medication and medical coverage, societal divisions, and more.
Some of it was a bit confusing to me, and I feel like there were some aspects that were not explained very well. But, being that it was a very short novella and I could read it in just a couple of hours, I don't hold it too much against her.
It is a politically charged book that questions the use of undercover agents and the actions they are allowed to get away with, the cost and availability of medication and medical coverage, societal divisions, and more.
Some of it was a bit confusing to me, and I feel like there were some aspects that were not explained very well. But, being that it was a very short novella and I could read it in just a couple of hours, I don't hold it too much against her.