A review by devinelybookish
Eve of Man by Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher
4.0
On the first day no one really noticed. Perhaps there was a chuckle among the midwives at the sight of all those babies wrapped in blue blankets, not a pink one in sight. On the second day, they frowned. On the third, the media took light of it. It continued like this all over the world for fifty years.
Until Corrine, after many miscarriages, became pregnant. With a girl. Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years.
They called her Eve.
I love the premise of this book. Eve is the first female born in fifty years. She is kept in a facility, protected and taught to be the saviour of humanity. Shrouded from the real troubles of the world. She is the beacon of hope.
The story is told from a dual POV of Eve and Bram. Bram is Eve's friend. They don't meet in person. Bram control's the hologram of Eve's friend in the Dome, Holly. Until one day, they collide and Eve recognises Bram as her holographic friend, Holly.
The writing is simple and easy to read, probably aimed at younger teenagers, but still enjoyable for any age. I loved the story and the plot. The information is fed slowly and we watch Eve turn from a passive character to a one who begins to question her upbringing and then retaliate against it.
My critique to this story would be the side characters. They just fall flat for me. So when there are any deaths or whiff of deaths, I'm just not emotionally invested enough to care. Some of the plot is also rushed leaving you to question how things happened so quickly.
There's also a suspicious lack of LGBTQ+ rep, especially considering the circumstances of the story. There was some subtle allusion to it mentioned once if you managed to pick up on it, but I feel when the whole population is male, there should probably be more gay spice thrown in and the writers could have taken advantage of that.
Overall, I give this book a 4/5 stars. I really enjoyed reading it and I will be reading the second installment to find out what happens.
Until Corrine, after many miscarriages, became pregnant. With a girl. Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years.
They called her Eve.
I love the premise of this book. Eve is the first female born in fifty years. She is kept in a facility, protected and taught to be the saviour of humanity. Shrouded from the real troubles of the world. She is the beacon of hope.
The story is told from a dual POV of Eve and Bram. Bram is Eve's friend. They don't meet in person. Bram control's the hologram of Eve's friend in the Dome, Holly. Until one day, they collide and Eve recognises Bram as her holographic friend, Holly.
The writing is simple and easy to read, probably aimed at younger teenagers, but still enjoyable for any age. I loved the story and the plot. The information is fed slowly and we watch Eve turn from a passive character to a one who begins to question her upbringing and then retaliate against it.
My critique to this story would be the side characters. They just fall flat for me. So when there are any deaths or whiff of deaths, I'm just not emotionally invested enough to care. Some of the plot is also rushed leaving you to question how things happened so quickly.
There's also a suspicious lack of LGBTQ+ rep, especially considering the circumstances of the story. There was some subtle allusion to it mentioned once if you managed to pick up on it, but I feel when the whole population is male, there should probably be more gay spice thrown in and the writers could have taken advantage of that.
Overall, I give this book a 4/5 stars. I really enjoyed reading it and I will be reading the second installment to find out what happens.