Ranting and Reading Collective discussion

I really enjoyed this - I have a feeling there are lots of things to pick holes in, but I was there for the ride!

Given the heavy topics of climate disaster, control, slavery, surrogacy, drugs, death, total collapse of civilisation etc, I found it quite a light read.

I found myself rooting for each of the main characters - with the exception of Jacqueline perhaps - but even for her journey, I could see she thought she was doing something good to start with and just surrounded by yes people absolutely lost her sense of reality.

The only thing that left me a little disappointed was the very end - although I'm not sure I would have liked any direction a reunion of Ava & Orchid might have gone and I really liked the relationship developing with Ava & Olympia.

But the main question posed - can we build a better world if we remove the men who have grown up in this one? I wish we'd seen more of the kids mixing - how was that panning out? I wanted more analysis, but perhaps thats a different book!

Anyway, I enjoyed the provocations and definitely glad I read it.

Loved this book. So thought provoking and great for mulling over every night. The characters all felt really real and I could see them clear as day in my mind. I would really really like a TV series of this book. you could definitely get two entire seasons out of the book itself, exploring the other bits we didn't see as well. And then at least one more season that follows what happens next. What is life like for July and Shelby, as well as the long awaited highway reunion? I need this high production value tv shown in my life.