The ending confused me a little. It wasn't the plot, I understood what happened, it just seemed like it wrote it really, really fast, because he had to make a deadline and forgot to make a better one. Another thing that confused me is that if the Controller is this all powerful/wise person, why wouldn't he send John somewhere completely isolated? I mean, if he's close to a city someone's bound to find him. I get the authors point that he doesn't fit in anywhere, but it just doesn't seem right. Even if he hadn't moved John farther away, I thought people were conditioned not to like being out in the countryside. Whatever, I'll save it for the monthly review.
I don't know of much else to say that I already haven't or I'm saving for the monthly review. It was a good book, it was freaky and scarily close to a possible reality, especially for the time period it was written during. Their were well developed characters, who by some odd means out grew some of their conditioning one way or another. It was a very scary alternate reality. I was thinking about doing this for the monthly review of the book (as well as a very brief summary of the answers):
2. For what audience(s) is this book intended, and how can you tell? (In other words, for whom would you recommend this book?):
Anyone really, but in particular people who find something wrong with society
3. What are the weaknesses of this book, in your opinion:
The ending
8. Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth:
Bernard
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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