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wordsofclover 's review for:
Eve of Man
by Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Imagine a world full of men and no women. That’s what the future looks like when no female babies are born for over 50 years until Eve. Sixteen years later, Eve has grown up in a paradise created just for her, and she’s ready to embark on her mission to save the species. But how much of what she has been told is a lie, and is she really with the people who want what’s best for her?
I think I need to formally apologise to Tom and Giovanna Fletcher because this book was so much better than I thought it was going to be. I found the idea intriguing but I just assumed this would end up being a weird mish-mash of all the other dystopian books that have come before and be just an ‘alright’ read. But it was actually really good.
Eve of Man definitely stood up on its own for me, and I was instantly captivated by Eve’s character, as well as Bram’s and their different but equally sheltered worlds. The age of technology in this novel is also fascinating but it does make you wonder if they can do so much stuff with holograms, and conscious AIs, why can’t they create baby girls? Obviously a lot of this gets explained over the course of the book but I liked being able to ponder about it by myself for a while.
There is not a whole lot of world building in this book, at least for the first there quarters anyway as both Eve and Bram are in a very sheltered building away from the real world that is basically just gone to hell (because that’s what happens when things are left to men, duh).
One of the things that did bother me slightly was the lack of queer representation in this book. Surely, in a world full of men there would be A LOT of gay/bi/queer characters??? There was one brief mention of men kissing and that was it. I feel like there was the potential there to have some fantastic openly queer and proud characters and the Fletchers just didn’t take it up. Hopefully in the sequel!
On a side note - there was mention that the make-up industry was practically dead because of the lack of women. Umm men wear make-up too? The drag community alone would probably keep that industry going!
Imagine a world full of men and no women. That’s what the future looks like when no female babies are born for over 50 years until Eve. Sixteen years later, Eve has grown up in a paradise created just for her, and she’s ready to embark on her mission to save the species. But how much of what she has been told is a lie, and is she really with the people who want what’s best for her?
I think I need to formally apologise to Tom and Giovanna Fletcher because this book was so much better than I thought it was going to be. I found the idea intriguing but I just assumed this would end up being a weird mish-mash of all the other dystopian books that have come before and be just an ‘alright’ read. But it was actually really good.
Eve of Man definitely stood up on its own for me, and I was instantly captivated by Eve’s character, as well as Bram’s and their different but equally sheltered worlds. The age of technology in this novel is also fascinating but it does make you wonder if they can do so much stuff with holograms, and conscious AIs, why can’t they create baby girls? Obviously a lot of this gets explained over the course of the book but I liked being able to ponder about it by myself for a while.
There is not a whole lot of world building in this book, at least for the first there quarters anyway as both Eve and Bram are in a very sheltered building away from the real world that is basically just gone to hell (because that’s what happens when things are left to men, duh).
One of the things that did bother me slightly was the lack of queer representation in this book. Surely, in a world full of men there would be A LOT of gay/bi/queer characters??? There was one brief mention of men kissing and that was it. I feel like there was the potential there to have some fantastic openly queer and proud characters and the Fletchers just didn’t take it up. Hopefully in the sequel!
On a side note - there was mention that the make-up industry was practically dead because of the lack of women. Umm men wear make-up too? The drag community alone would probably keep that industry going!