A review by takecoverbooks
Disobedience by Daniel Sarah Karasik

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was the book I didn’t know I needed. Daniel Sarah Karasik, in the guise of a dystopia, tells a story of such profound feeling about identity, love, socialist strategy, dialectical thinking, and the unending struggle for liberation. In some ways, Disobedience is shockingly bleak, its post apocalyptic setting equal parts Canticle for Liebowitz and Camp Concentration. And yet, despite the unrelenting darkness of its setting, the novel contains inspiring moments of hope that normally are absent from this subgenre. It won’t be for everyone, but I urge anyone curious to give it a shot. This will certainly be a Best Book of the Year for me.
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