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A review by themarinabox
The Marriage Act by John Marrs
3.0
This is my fourth book from John Marrs in this futuristic dystopian world.
This book gave me this eerie feeling all throughout the read. Because while something might be far-fetched, you can imagine that most of the things can happen in real life, or even some are starting to show through a little. I've always loved and appreciated John Marrs's books on the dark side of technology because I think it's important to realise that these things could happen.
The Marriage Act is not just about the futuristic technologies that can ruin your life lol but it also explores human relationships and connections. How does technology affect your family dynamics? How does social media affect your relationship? How does all of this affect one's mental health? All these can be seen throughout the book.
Just like The One, The Passengers, and The Minders, you will read from different POVs/storylines. I, personally, enjoy that. I never found it confusing, and it's interesting when the characters' storylines kind of intertwine with each other. I would say not to worry so much about remembering who is who because you'll get used to it soon enough. There will be characters you will loathe, sympathise with, or just be annoyed at. Though honestly, you'll hate most of them.
However, I must say, after having read The One, The Passengers, and The Minders, that The Marriage Act, to me, feels on the slower side. The chapters are short, and you can really keep on going for sure, but the general pace of the storytelling is a bit on the slower side, unlike, say, The One.
While this book is not my favourite of all the John Marrs's books that I've read, I enjoyed reading it and felt quite unsettled haha.
I would say that if you have read The One and are expecting this to be jaw-dropping twist after twist, then you have to change your expectations.
The whole unique theme gained 4 stars from me but general reading experience is 3.5 stars for me.
This book gave me this eerie feeling all throughout the read. Because while something might be far-fetched, you can imagine that most of the things can happen in real life, or even some are starting to show through a little. I've always loved and appreciated John Marrs's books on the dark side of technology because I think it's important to realise that these things could happen.
The Marriage Act is not just about the futuristic technologies that can ruin your life lol but it also explores human relationships and connections. How does technology affect your family dynamics? How does social media affect your relationship? How does all of this affect one's mental health? All these can be seen throughout the book.
Just like The One, The Passengers, and The Minders, you will read from different POVs/storylines. I, personally, enjoy that. I never found it confusing, and it's interesting when the characters' storylines kind of intertwine with each other. I would say not to worry so much about remembering who is who because you'll get used to it soon enough. There will be characters you will loathe, sympathise with, or just be annoyed at. Though honestly, you'll hate most of them.
However, I must say, after having read The One, The Passengers, and The Minders, that The Marriage Act, to me, feels on the slower side. The chapters are short, and you can really keep on going for sure, but the general pace of the storytelling is a bit on the slower side, unlike, say, The One.
While this book is not my favourite of all the John Marrs's books that I've read, I enjoyed reading it and felt quite unsettled haha.
I would say that if you have read The One and are expecting this to be jaw-dropping twist after twist, then you have to change your expectations.
The whole unique theme gained 4 stars from me but general reading experience is 3.5 stars for me.