Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: The Future
Author: Naomi Alderman
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 2/5
Diversity: Jewish Immigrant MC, Nonbinary character
Recommended For…: adult readers, Dystopian, Sci-Fi, LGBT, Speculative Fiction
Publication Date: November 7, 2023
Genre: Sci-Fi Dystopian
Age Relevance: 18+ (sexual content, language, Christianity, gun violence, and more that I won’t be able to discuss due to DNF)
Explanation of Above: I DNFed this read so I don’t have all of the items for content. There is a sex scene in the opening scene of the book and some sexual content mentioned within the few percentages of the book that I read. There is a lot of cursing. There are some references to Christianity. There is some gun violence shown in the book.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Pages: 432
Synopsis: The Future—as the richest people on the planet have discovered—is where the money is.
The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers.
The Future is private weather, technological prophecy and highly deniable weapons.
The Future is a handful of friends—the daughter of a cult leader, a non-binary hacker, an ousted Silicon Valley visionary, the concerned wife of a dangerous CEO, and an internet-famous survivalist—hatching a daring plan. It could be the greatest heist ever. Or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
The Future is what you see if you don’t look behind you.
The Future is the only reason to do anything, the only object of desire.
The Future is here.
Review: I DNFed this book at about 20% into it. The book was very much not for me and I knew it from the get-go. One of the opening scenes involved a sex scene, which I kinda found unnecessary and icky. The storytelling was all over the place, it was very disjointed. The book was in this weird format. And I couldn’t get into it at the end of the day even though this is one of the genres that I love a lot.
Verdict: I hated it, but you might love it! If it sounds like something you like give it a chance.
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