I had high expectations for this classic, refound dystopian novel but I think audio maybe wasn’t the right decision. It was a tad too nebulous, too many turns of phrase that would have been better appreciated absorbed through my eyeballs. It doesn’t help that the introduction basically spoils all of the exciting plot points to do with ‘them’ - so a heads up for that if you also have the edition with Machado’s intro, save it till the end!

It’s definitely an interesting idea - what would happen if the arts were essentially outlawed? Would you risk persecution, even death to carry on doing the thing that brings you joy, fuels you? But I just lost too much of the thread via the audiobook. Oh well!