![]() ![]() ![]() Night Shyamalan’s The Village, ten men gathered their families and set out for a island off the coast of their country. Many years earlier, the world was tipping over into becoming a barren wasteland due to war, famine, apocalypse – your standard fare for dystopian set-ups. But here are the things I think you should know before diving in. So while this review is not full of spoilers, I am at the same time hesitant to go into too much detail. The nuances of the world the author has created are unravelled in rich and layered prose, and I am reluctant to spoil its discovery for potential readers. ![]() It’s perhaps not for the faint of heart, but will definitely appeal to fans of engrossing dystopian fiction that lingers in the memory. Gather the Daughters is a haunting tale of a society where women are controlled but children are free, and a young woman on the cusp of that transition discovers something that pulls her ideological foundations out from under her. Melamed’s head while coming up with this novel. What if The Handmaid’s Tale took place in a separatist cult, ensconced on an island? That’s exactly what I think went through Ms. ![]()
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