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Femlandia by Christina Dalcher

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nahal3's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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horsley123's review against another edition

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5.0

This is not an easy read - in fact some of the book is downright disturbing. It is the 'next step' on from dystopian novels such as 'The Handmaid's Tale', 'The Power' and Dalcher's own 'Vox'. There is almost a welcome balance in that the world may not necessarily be a better place run by women, and that actually some women can be violent and hateful to their own.
It is certainly thought provoking, the plot well executed and characters compelling - you just might need to remind yourself that on the whole people are nice afterwards!

nath_py's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lgiv42's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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hazarc's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

zoer03's review against another edition

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4.0

- [ ] Intriguing
- [ ] Fascinating
- [ ] Gripping
- [ ] Thrilling
- [ ] I have to admit that the whole story was a bit on the let’s hate all men yadda yadda thing. I know it’s not all about that, but I found I couldn’t get past all that crazy not feminist bullshit because to me feminism is about equality not woman making sure that there are no men.
- [ ] I also found certain characters a bit odd and just ewww there’s one moment where I really felt sickened by two characters.
- [ ] I wasn’t happy with the ending either I thought that was a bit cheap and flat.
- [ ] Basically for me I am not sure I will be buying any of this authors work in future.
- [ ] I can visualise this happening and scarily so easy to imagine.
- [ ] This will be a big hit I feel.