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A carregar... The Office of Mercypor Ariel Djanikian
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. First 3/4 gets 4 stars. An interesting idea that is explored well. But the last 1/4 seemed to be much weaker than the rest. ( ) I found myself rather disappointed when I came to the end of this novel. After some of the interesting plot developments and characters that were introduced throughout the story, everything seemed to sort of peter out at the end; possibly to leave an opening for sequels, but the ending was so unsatisfying that I'm not sure I would pick up the next one. It's been a long time since I've read a book I hated this much! This book takes an interesting premise but fails to follow through. The central moral question is very Philosophy 101, and a lot of things about the world created here don't make a lot of sense. The protagonist, Natalie, is very passive and wishy-washy, and it's hard to understand her motivations or feelings. The main love interest is her boss and father figure, and the relationship they have is so skeevy, but it's not portrayed as a problem for this woman to start banging the guy who has doted on her since early childhood who is also her boss. None of the other characters are fleshed out at all. As for the ending (spoilers ahead), I absolutely appreciate books that don't end on a triumphant, good-guys-save-the-day note. But this ending fell flat. The Alphas' handling of the mini-rebellion makes absolutely no sense, and Natalie's conversion from compassionate sympathizer to emotionless killer seems too easy. They show her the thoughts of a trapped man in pain and... she stops empathizing with the tribes entirely? And then, after all of that, to have Jeffery be the one to leave when he's shown almost no sign of internal struggle before, is just weird. To have this manipulative and hypocritical mansplainer who had sex with his employee and daughter-figure turn out to be the real hero made me want to barf. There are so many better books in this genre out there - Office of Mercy isn't worth your time. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five, a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha's allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it"--Amazon.com Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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