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A review by immabehazzie
The Book of Flora by Meg Elison
3.0
‘The Book of Flora’ is the third installment in the ‘Road to Nowhere’ series, it delves deeper into the post-apocalyptic world that nearly decimated women and children. This book follows Flora, a transgender woman, as she navigates a world that oppresses women and is ruled by dangerous men. She fights for her freedom and the freedom of others like her. This installment explores themes of power, personal identity, and autonomy as well as resistance in a world where women’s bodies are commodified and controlled.
The storytelling in ‘The Book of Flora’ is just as strong as the others and Flora is a compelling and complex character. This novel adds gender identity into the lord of this series and the struggle for autonomy in a dystopian society is deeply resonant.
However, this was my least favorite book of the series. Not because it was bad but because at this point this story feels repetitive. I still stand by thinking that ‘The Book of The Unnamed Midwife’ should have been a stand-alone and with each novel, the compelling and intense nature of the story feels like it fades away with each book. Other than the addition of gender identity being introduced into the story this book doesn’t add anything to the world that has been crafted in the previous ones.
Overall, it’s a good book. It’s well-written and the characters are well developed but the story has been dragged on for too long.
The storytelling in ‘The Book of Flora’ is just as strong as the others and Flora is a compelling and complex character. This novel adds gender identity into the lord of this series and the struggle for autonomy in a dystopian society is deeply resonant.
However, this was my least favorite book of the series. Not because it was bad but because at this point this story feels repetitive. I still stand by thinking that ‘The Book of The Unnamed Midwife’ should have been a stand-alone and with each novel, the compelling and intense nature of the story feels like it fades away with each book. Other than the addition of gender identity being introduced into the story this book doesn’t add anything to the world that has been crafted in the previous ones.
Overall, it’s a good book. It’s well-written and the characters are well developed but the story has been dragged on for too long.