This was a nice, if not overly complex, quick read that did
not take much effort to get through.
The two privileged girls, Rosa and Cecily, are the step
daughter and daughter, respectively, of the governor of Texas in a post economic
meltdown of the US (and apparently that means the world too.)
The Governor, Guy Gisborn, seized the governorship from Rosa’s
mother 5 years before the story takes place and in a fit of paranoia exiles
Rosa from the city.
This sets up the rest of the story but I felt that
everything came to the girls without the hardship and trials that make a good
science fiction/ fantasy story. It had
all the elements and the set up but the complexities were not there. The
people or things they were looking for were found almost effortlessly.
If Moore was trying to also make a statement about sexuality
and gender stereotypes in the modern world, that was also done poorly as the
characters that were addressing these issues did not face any sort of judgement
or hardship because of who they were, which is unfortunately the case at this
point in time.
I gave this 2 out of 5 stars.
I received this book to review through Library Thing Early
Reviewers
No comments:
Post a Comment