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I decided to pick this book up after seeing it on Bookstagram and then finding it on Amazon Prime for free - I could not have made a better decision! If I'm honest with myself, this book was likely a 5* read if it had come after anything other than Bridge of Clay.
The Fever King is a beautifully executed LGBT fantasy book following the (love) story of Noam and Dara. Their often volatile relationship is set against the background of a new America, one where refugees are deported with a vicious efficiency, one where a virus takes the lives of thousands and leaves survivors with magic abilities.
If you look past the wonderfully tangled relationships, you are then forced to face the question: how far would you go for the greater good? Alongside Noam, you must decide what is right and wrong, what sacrifices should be made, when you're fighting for what you believe in.
I can't wait to get my hands on the second instalment, I just wish it had been available on Amazon Prime too - but, rest assured, as soon as my bank account is willing I will be purchasing The Electric Heir. If you haven't read this book already, I suggest you pick it up now!
Follow me on insta - @proseamongstthorns
I decided to pick this book up after seeing it on Bookstagram and then finding it on Amazon Prime for free - I could not have made a better decision! If I'm honest with myself, this book was likely a 5* read if it had come after anything other than Bridge of Clay.
The Fever King is a beautifully executed LGBT fantasy book following the (love) story of Noam and Dara. Their often volatile relationship is set against the background of a new America, one where refugees are deported with a vicious efficiency, one where a virus takes the lives of thousands and leaves survivors with magic abilities.
If you look past the wonderfully tangled relationships, you are then forced to face the question: how far would you go for the greater good? Alongside Noam, you must decide what is right and wrong, what sacrifices should be made, when you're fighting for what you believe in.
I can't wait to get my hands on the second instalment, I just wish it had been available on Amazon Prime too - but, rest assured, as soon as my bank account is willing I will be purchasing The Electric Heir. If you haven't read this book already, I suggest you pick it up now!
This book was disturbing.
There's no other way to describe it - disturbing, haunting, echoing, loitering. It sticks with you, it pulls you in every time you put it down. Certainly, it is deserving of its position as a must-read, as a classic.
Potentially most enthralling about it, is the unknown. We don't know the narrator, we can't fully trust everything she says - we can't even be sure it's at all true. Rather than take away from the story line, this acts to pull you in - this unknown women, Offred, could quite easily be you, or your mother, or your sister; she becomes a symbol for femininity.
However, it was not a perfect book. The idea that within the space of 10 years she has forgotten everything about her past life, that the state she lives in has changed so drastically, to me, seemed unrealistic. It bothered me that her level of distance from the 'old world' was so ingrained and yet did not seem to really push the plot forward in any way.
Other than this slight irritant, the novel was undoubtedly as good as everyone says and I will certainly be reading the sequel as soon as possible!
There's no other way to describe it - disturbing, haunting, echoing, loitering. It sticks with you, it pulls you in every time you put it down. Certainly, it is deserving of its position as a must-read, as a classic.
Potentially most enthralling about it, is the unknown. We don't know the narrator, we can't fully trust everything she says - we can't even be sure it's at all true. Rather than take away from the story line, this acts to pull you in - this unknown women, Offred, could quite easily be you, or your mother, or your sister; she becomes a symbol for femininity.
However, it was not a perfect book. The idea that within the space of 10 years she has forgotten everything about her past life, that the state she lives in has changed so drastically, to me, seemed unrealistic. It bothered me that her level of distance from the 'old world' was so ingrained and yet did not seem to really push the plot forward in any way.
Other than this slight irritant, the novel was undoubtedly as good as everyone says and I will certainly be reading the sequel as soon as possible!
