A review by snowywolff
Freedom's Choice by Anne McCaffrey

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

3.0

Sooooooo I’m torn on this one. On the one hand, the plot was fine. We’re moving forward, the colony is thriving and the plot is deepening and very intriguing to me. On the other hand… why the breeding situation. Just why. Like it’s so over the top that it almost feels like satire but it’s still treated too seriously to sit right with me. Like all 2000 of-breeding-age women get pregnant, no issues, no infertility, no complications, on a planet with barely any medical equipment (at least no mention of like proper pre-natal care except that there aren’t enough doctors to handle Two Thousand pregnant women). Like it’s so insane that I’m still just like ??? about the intentions (cause it does feel like it’s making fun of male-dominated sci-fi). Just… threw me for a big loop but by the end we were back on track to the actual plot and I am Praying that the rest of the series leaves the whole parenting situation in the dust cause it’s boring and weird (and Kris Was raped, both drunk still means no consent and she didn’t want to have a child). 

I should talk more about the plot but it’s just so overshadowed by that stuff. But the Farmers are fascinating, can’t wait for the Eosi to meet their end and I was also very touched by the colony’s willingness to take in those now intellectually disabled. I do hope the implication isn’t “house slave” bc McCaffrey has done that in the Dragonrider series, but I’m not gonna think about that bc the book didn’t touch on it specifically.