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Book review: Farthing
Dec. 21st, 2007 10:37 pmToday's book review is Farthing by Jo Walton.
Although set in a reasonable alternate history setting, this is really a political fable. It's a quaint little story about how the aristocracy lives, but just at the point where I was getting bored enough that I was asking myself why I was bothering to read it, the real story took off, and it wasn't the least bit boring any more. Far, far too scary. Things couldn't happen exactly like that, in America today. But they really could happen so nearly like that that post-alternate-World War II Britain isn't nearly far enough for comfort.
This isn't a fun book, but I think it's an important one. Anyone who can read it without being uncomfortable has something wrong with them. If I say more, this will stop being a book review and become a political post. 9 out of 10.
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Although set in a reasonable alternate history setting, this is really a political fable. It's a quaint little story about how the aristocracy lives, but just at the point where I was getting bored enough that I was asking myself why I was bothering to read it, the real story took off, and it wasn't the least bit boring any more. Far, far too scary. Things couldn't happen exactly like that, in America today. But they really could happen so nearly like that that post-alternate-World War II Britain isn't nearly far enough for comfort.
This isn't a fun book, but I think it's an important one. Anyone who can read it without being uncomfortable has something wrong with them. If I say more, this will stop being a book review and become a political post. 9 out of 10.
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