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K
you're "concerned"? lol
Laura
Nope. This book is pro-mothers and pro-"kids needs love and strong parental attachments." So, put that in whichever political basket you want - it seems like those values should be universal and bipartisan.
Hannah
I'm about halfway through this book and religion has not been mentioned once (that I can recall) and it is less critical of a specific political party or system than of our current child protective services system and how "good" and "bad" parents are determined within the system.
Mara
I didn't find it to be that. The main character is likely liberal, but I don't think much was mentioned politically. Maybe beyond the occasional "wokeness" at the school in regards to the curriculum covering things like racism and altruism. The school is secular. This book does deal with government overreach and how we judge parents, particularly mothers.
Ailidh
The novel is a "progressive" (whatever that means) take on family regulation ("foster care"). It covers topics of race, privacy, the invasion of technology, government, as well how these things intersect with class and the raising of children. It is a critique of the society as a whole.
Roberta
The book has nothing to do with religious matters. It’s more of a commentary on the current legal system concerning minors. Race is a strong angle too.
Savannah
concerned... why? Did you think The Handmaid's Tale was those things...?
Shelley Frier List
The book is anti-progressive, where "progressive" refers to latte-sipping, organic-buying, judgmental mothers who think they're the be-all of motherhood. (Which obviously doesn't define actual progressives, just a caricature of them.) I imagine it to be the fantasy of some mom who maybe spanked her kid or let them I dunno watch more than an hour of TV and got excoriated for it.
Christine
This book can be read as anti-authoritarian. I read no criticisms of any religion.
Johanna Jaworski
just finished, I don't think any character's religion or politics are mentioned. It is more about how our culture view and judges people within and what could happen if all those cultural judgements (your a bad mom if---) were made into law and enforced.
Becky Hillary
I would not say it is any of those things you listed.
Robert Blumenthal
No religion mentioned. It was more a case of being anti-human, in the sense that if the character acted humanly to stressful or any sexual enticement, she was doomed.
Trisha Dobel
I haven't seen any mention of religion or really any political comments other than government overreach.
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