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BBC January Book Discussion...Take 2
Hey all! I know our discussion last week didn't really pick up because no one had finished it. I had suggested coming back in a week and trying again. I know Sessions has finished it, and I believe hesakeeper had as well?
So, what were your overall opinions?
I actually really enjoyed it. I was a little skeptical starting out, because it seemed totally unrealistic to me. There's no way that prochoice individuals would accept someone having to raise their child to 13 before being able to find a way to remove it from their responsibility, and there's no way prolife individuals would accept unwinding, which is essentially retroactive abortion.
However I put those thoughts aside and went along with it. And I realize that the compromise was not the point of the book. The point was to bring these issues, along with adoption, organ donation, black market organ donation, juvenile delinquency, state homes, etc. to the forefront.
I don't think that Neal Shusterman was trying to show us prolife or prochoice is right. I think he was just trying to expose us to different sides of the argument. For the prolife individual you see what would happen if these unwanted pregnancies continued and became children, how their lives would be. And for pro choice individuals you see that they are children, and the reality of what you are terminating.
Overall I definitely thought this was a thought provoking book, even if it is a bit chilling. I plan to continue the series.
Re: BBC January Book Discussion...Take 2
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Finally finished it.
I had a really hard time with this book. I think it was very well written and I really did like it. I was going to just give it four stars because there were some parts that upset me but I realized that it should upset me and that doesn't mean it was less of a good book.. if that makes any sense.
I honestly don't know if I will continue the series or not, but I can definitely appreciate the thought provoking writing.
**SPOILER**: The part with Roland being unwound was the most terrifying part for me I think. It made me sick to my stomach and I'm so glad I read this AFTER my c-section and not before because I might have had a panic attack during it.