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The Priest (The Ginecean Chronicles #1)
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Monica La Porta (Goodreads Author)
Mauricio is a slave. Like any man born on Ginecea, he is but a number for the pure breed women who rule over him with cruel hands. Imprisoned inside the Temple since birth, Mauricio has never been outside, never felt the warmth of the sun on his skin. He lives a life devoid of hopes and desires. Then one day, he hears Rosie sing. He risks everything for one look at her and...more
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Published
February 4th 2012
by Monica La Porta
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This book was amazing! One of the best that I have read in quite some time.
Mauricio lives in a world where men are slaves and women rule. The women are divided into two classes: those that give birth to women and those that give birth two men (these are fathered women who are little better than slaves). The religion of this world has brainwashed everyone into believing that men are not required for procreation when in reality it is all done in the...more
This book was amazing! One of the best that I have read in quite some time.
Mauricio lives in a world where men are slaves and women rule. The women are divided into two classes: those that give birth to women and those that give birth two men (these are fathered women who are little better than slaves). The religion of this world has brainwashed everyone into believing that men are not required for procreation when in reality it is all done in the...more
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Monica La Porta is an author that I consider to be quite gutsy. In ‘The Priest,’ she has cleverly crafted a story that is unique in its delivery of diverse points of view. Gender distinction in marriage has become an increasingly passionate topic in our world, especially in the U.S. where it has reached the Supreme Court level. The author takes on this hot topic and turns it upside down in story form.
Throughout my read, I found myself caught up in the intricacies of the storyline itself yet, con...more
Very much a nod to Shakespeare’s tale of the Capulet family, this futuristic or alternative world take on the story has a massive amount of promise. Set within Ginecea, a highly oppressive matriarchal society and one ruled by a despotic presidential family, the men are subjugated as slaves whilst the women rule with a rod of iron. A quasi-religious establishment handles the issue of procreation, in a world where only women are allowed to marry and so beget children, obscuring the actual process...more
Heather 2/5
The Priest takes place in a futuristic setting, where the union between a man and a women is considered perversion. The men are kept as slaves and are considered lower than dogs by the cruel women. Young Mauricio has been in captivity his entire life and is used as a semental (sperm donor) when he hears beautiful singing and becomes infatuated with Rosie, the presidents daughter.
The story has some pretty amazing potential, the plot is unique and imaginative. The synopsis intrigued me...more
The Priest takes place in a futuristic setting, where the union between a man and a women is considered perversion. The men are kept as slaves and are considered lower than dogs by the cruel women. Young Mauricio has been in captivity his entire life and is used as a semental (sperm donor) when he hears beautiful singing and becomes infatuated with Rosie, the presidents daughter.
The story has some pretty amazing potential, the plot is unique and imaginative. The synopsis intrigued me...more
The Priest - Monica La Porta
Mauricio has been a slave all his life. Living in a world where women rule the world, his only role is one of as a 'semental' - a sperm donor. In comparison to the other slaves who toil the land, his life is marginally better. Although he doesn't think so as he has never left the confines of his cell.
Desperate to be released from his duty he mourns his loss of freedom when one day he hears Rosie - a pure breed. Her dulcet tones makes him believe that there is a life -...more
Mauricio has been a slave all his life. Living in a world where women rule the world, his only role is one of as a 'semental' - a sperm donor. In comparison to the other slaves who toil the land, his life is marginally better. Although he doesn't think so as he has never left the confines of his cell.
Desperate to be released from his duty he mourns his loss of freedom when one day he hears Rosie - a pure breed. Her dulcet tones makes him believe that there is a life -...more
Mauricio is a slave. He is a man, and all men on Ginecea are slaves. Women rule the world. Mauricio has been a slave his entire life. He knows nothing more than the four walls around him and the chain on his neck. He is semental, kept just as a sperm donor, because women cannot get pregnant by themselves. And one day he hears Rosie sings. Her voice is a hope for him. He doesn't know her, but listening her voice gives him hope that life is beautiful, that there is more out there for him. Rosie ta...more
This is, hands down, one of the best books I've ever read. Mauricio's plight as a slave, brutally abused and treated no better than a somewhat useful animal, made me realize just how much I take my freedom for granted. Seeing life through his eyes made me run outside at times, just to dispel the feelings evoked on the page. Monica La Porta does an incredible job of putting the reader right in Mauricio's mind, where you're subjected to an emotional journey that will leave you in tatters because...more
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With so many stories that attempt to make true love seem complicated, it's refreshing to read something that proves that it is one of the most simple things a human will ever experience - and almost certainly the most powerful.
In 'The Priest (The Ginecean Chronicles #1)', Monica La Porta does a fantastic job of creating a society that seems to be the opposite of reality and then proving that it's a lot more like the world we live in than we'd like to admit.
The characters are vivid and believable...more
In 'The Priest (The Ginecean Chronicles #1)', Monica La Porta does a fantastic job of creating a society that seems to be the opposite of reality and then proving that it's a lot more like the world we live in than we'd like to admit.
The characters are vivid and believable...more
This is a relatively quick read, but my little boy kept me reading it SLOWLY! Ok, so it's set in a dystopian androgynist society where men are slaves and women all-powerful. The writing is very good though I think the build-up to his love of Rosie is a little slow and in fact the book is strangely most compelling at the end when there are a few big time-shifts and a lot is told in the past tense. It would be cheating in any other book but works here. Mauricio is a likeable, love-struck character...more
While it could use a bit more description in a place or two, Monica's depiction of a male slave in the "system" of a hard-core matriarchy from the slave's point of view is solid gold. She's stripped away the sexual fantasy and showed it with the ring of gritty reality. This alone is easily worth the price of the book. Her vivid tale of love in a time of oppression is a compelling story for both its fascinating reversal of dominance between men and women and its two wonderfully drawn main charact...more
Mauricio is a man, and therefore a slave. Rosie is the President’s daughter in a society where women do not befriend men. The Priest by Monica La Porta is the story of what happens when two people break social taboos and fight against the laws and norms that keep them apart.
What I loved: Original and beautifully written. Vivid descriptions but not heavy handed. Great world building. I felt completely immersed in the believable and highly unorthodox society of Rosie and Mauricio. Some of the scen...more
What I loved: Original and beautifully written. Vivid descriptions but not heavy handed. Great world building. I felt completely immersed in the believable and highly unorthodox society of Rosie and Mauricio. Some of the scen...more
The Priest took me hostage for 24-hours. If I wasn't reading late into the night or stealing moments to read during the day, I was-- and still am-- thinking about this captivating tale.
Mauricio is a compassionate and intelligent young man who had been born a slave in a society ruled by women. His life is lonely and hopeless behind the walls of The Temple, the confines of which he hadn't been outside of his entire life. But he is resigned. He was born into slavery and would die in slavery-- unlov...more
Mauricio is a compassionate and intelligent young man who had been born a slave in a society ruled by women. His life is lonely and hopeless behind the walls of The Temple, the confines of which he hadn't been outside of his entire life. But he is resigned. He was born into slavery and would die in slavery-- unlov...more
The Priest by Monica La Porta is a great book. The best elements of story are there - language, character, dialogue, and emotion. The tale is riveting - the character of the slave Mauricio nabs the reader on page 1 and doesn't let go until the last page. I left this book wanting to know more about what happens. I immediately went and bought another book in the series, and I will go read The Priest again. This is great work by a great author.
I'm not into dystopian stories, but this one really hooked me. I was so emotionally involved with Mauricio that I was hanging on every word. I really wanted Rosie to show up after all those years, I prayed that she would. Seriously. This is a beautiful story showing that love can come out of the most impossible situations. I absolutely loved it.
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I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars
i loved it!,
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I love mostly mysteries, historical fiction, and travel novels, so I was nervous about this book. But I was also very curious, because my friend wrote it. I was pleasantly surprised about it: I loved the story, the characters, and the thinking it got me into. We can really be horrible to our fellow humans, if we think they are different. I was impressed by how well the book is written and I loved recognizing my friend's soul in her writing.
Love and freedom, these are the feelings that keep Mauricio and Rosie fighting for a chance in life, Monica La Porta, thank you for writing it, I enjoyed this book.
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Monica La Porta is an Italian who landed in Seattle several years ago. Despite popular feelings about the Northwest weather, she finds the mist and the rain the perfect conditions to write.
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