This is a dystopian novel based on the last people left
alive in the world.
The De-Evolution wiped out almost all of humankind. The last
few humans alive are just trying to get by day after day, looking after
themselves and the Blocks they take care of. Blocks are humans born without the
ability to speak, hear, move or see and are basically just living corpses.
Morgan is a 90 year-old woman doing what she can to take care of the Blocks
under her supervision. But day by day her strength is waning and as Blocks die
naturally she realises that the fewer Blocks there are, the easier it will be
to look after the remainder. Should she wait for the Blocks to die a natural
death or help nature along a little? Then the nightmares begin...
This book had some rave reviews and I was looking forward to
it. I must have put it down about six times and picked it up again, determined
to reach the end, hoping for a riveting finale. I was unfortunately
disappointed. A lot of the last chapters were in essence the same story with a
different character repeated over and over again. I'm sure a lot of people read
very deeply into the subject and deliberated on life and the universe, but to
me it was a simple message drawn out for far too long. I didn't like the idea
of the Blocks and why they were there and alive, and I didn't enjoy the way
that the humans seem to accept their fates so easily. At least the grammar and
punctuation were not bad, but the story was not for me.
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