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A review by nbicandi
Eleven Percent: A Novel by Maren Uthaug
4.0
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).