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En Un Monde Parfait (2010)

by Laura Kasischke(Favorite Author)

3.26 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

2267021153 (ISBN13: 9782267021158)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Christian Bourgois

review 1: I really loved this book. Beautifully written, and thought provoking. I read this in one day, and it's the kind of book that I'll be thinking about for awhile, and I wish I knew people who had read it so I had someone to talk to about it. I love that the main character isn't some kind of superhero - she is told a couple of times in different ways by different characters, including a paranoid/survivalist neighbor, her husband, and the National Guard, that she is soft and to "rise to the occasion". Despite this criticism from others, she ends up being the strongest character in the novel (stronger than her neighbor, healthwise, and definitely stronger than her husband, emotionally and morally). Instead of kicking into high gear and developing all kinds of amazing skills... more to thrive in the "new world", she just makes do. I see a lot of people criticized this aspect of the book/character development, but I think it's realistic, and so much more beautiful to read about this woman who just makes do, and how she manages to take care of herself, her family, and the others that she comes to care about. Also, I loved how this story was a kind of fairytale (subtle), and also talks about fairy tales. I just love things like that (sucker). And also, her husband is a piece of sh!t. Not even for what he did to her, but for what he did to his kids.
review 2: This was an exellent presentation of the subtle transformations we undergo based on our environment and those who share it with us, and how the changes can eventually lead us to a whole new self without our even realizing it. I gave it a "like" rating only because intermingled with the wonder of reading through the changes of the characters as the story progressed was the breakdown of the physical environment the characters were victim to which always left me with a sort of unpleasant feeling. less

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