The Carhullan Army
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The state of the nation has changed. With much of the country now underwater, assets and weapons seized by the government - itself run by the sinister 'Authority' - and war raging in South America and China, life in Britain is unrecognisable.
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I swithered between 3 and 4 stars for this book (oh for a 3.5).
I could not put it down, admittedly I cannot resist dystopian fiction especially with a feminist slant. The description, whether landscape or portrait, external or internal, was vivid yet poetic. Some may have found Sister a little thin in comparison to the depth of character around her but I thought the internal glimpses created an “every-woman” that I could entirely relate to.
However, [Data Lost] seemed unnecessary, a clunky plot device rather than adding to the realism. Perhaps the best bits of the book were not there, only in your imagination. I keep imagining a safe full of the pages Sarah Hall didn't put in and wondering if they were just not good enough?
In the end it went too fast, I felt I'd invested so much and was returned so little. I felt robbed and read every word of the acknowledgments and ‘also bys' as if searching for a clue.
