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The Future

Naomi Alderman

Start date: May 15, 2025

Finish date: June 1, 2025

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Dec 01, 2023 David rated it really liked it

The Future is considered science fiction by most accounts but I see it as much more of a dystopian/utopian work. It is easy to make comparisons between the billionaire characters in this book with our real life technocratic billionaires. They aren't inherently evil but are doing evil things to the planet, and the planet's inhabitants, through their business activities. The theme of this book is how far those who feel disenfranchised and helpless are willing to go to make things right. It is the ...more

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Jul 07, 2025 Tiffany rated it really liked it

I used to read apocalyptic political dystopian books all the time, it's arguably my favorite genre. But anymore these stories depress me and send me I to a pit of hopelessness. They used to be cautionary tales of how close we were to our own undoing and now they just seem like pedantic tales of current affairs. I can't tell if it's my age, like maybe the young are more hopeful in change and as you get older you get more nihilistic or if it's actual change in circumstances or perhaps a combinatio ...more

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