A review by nerdyprettythings
The Farm by Joanne Ramos

4.5

Am I in my "saving the best books for the end of the year" era? This is definitely one of my favorites of the year. The description of the titular Farm sounds like dystopia, but nothing in it is far from reality, especially the lives that led the different women there. I thought the juxtaposition of the treatment and outcomes of the (white, educated) "premium" hosts and the (POC, poor) women who made up the majority of those at the Farm was done with a lot of care. There's also some really interesting stuff happening with the people "in charge" of the recruitment and running of the Farm. But also holy crap it made me want to kill some people and that's the mark of a really great book imo.