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A review by tregina
Proxy by Alex London
3.0
I was actually quite surprised by home much I liked this, because the premise had me dubious but I'd heard good things and it looked to be a quick read. I wasn't wrong about it being a quick read, but I'd definitely underestimated my interest.
I find myself comforted when a dystopian society is somewhat implausible, because I can tell myself it would never come to that, but I was not comforted in this case at all. All environmental ravage aside, I could buy things going in this direction and I thought the various characterisations based on being raised in that sort of society rang true.
And it was nice to have a gay main character who wasn't safely non-sexual but also wasn't there for the romance (that said, I wouldn't mind seeing him get some play later).
I find myself comforted when a dystopian society is somewhat implausible, because I can tell myself it would never come to that, but I was not comforted in this case at all. All environmental ravage aside, I could buy things going in this direction and I thought the various characterisations based on being raised in that sort of society rang true.
And it was nice to have a gay main character who wasn't safely non-sexual but also wasn't there for the romance (that said, I wouldn't mind seeing him get some play later).