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Ketutar Jensen
Nov 27, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Nari
Sep 19, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, 2014, england
This book is an eerie look at society falling apart & turning on each other, like packs of wild animals. Apart from being isolated in a high-rise building, it was never very clear why the society in the building decayed. Of course, there was clear jealousy between the have & have-nots with literal ties to the poor on the bottom & the rich on top. However, the actual cause was murky which bugged me for the entire duration of the book.

The women are passive, victimized & neglectful of their husban
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Mickey
Jun 27, 2014 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I just could not get into this book. As my friend Erika put it, it's like an adult version of Lord of the Flies. Despite that, I'm still looking forward to the movie version with Tom Hiddleston, mainly for him. ...more
Kim
Jul 18, 2014 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Kate
Apr 14, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Rachel
May 17, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Lucy
May 15, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 30, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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steen
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