by Jane Rogers
I think Dorothy Parker best describes my reaction to this novel:This is not a book to be put aside lightly. It should be thrown across the room with great force.And that's only at the halfway mark.
Part of the Dangerous Visions seriesThe Testament of Jessie Lamb BBC BLURB: Jane Rogers dramatises her award winning novel. Society is splintering, apocalyptic sects with fundamentalist, ecological or anti-scientific beliefs are springing up. Panic, chaos and fear reign. When Jessie's own world begi...
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I'm still trying to wrap my brain around how I feel about this book... Review to come.
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers is modern fiction with a apocalyptic premise; it is the tale of a teenage girl faced with a dying world and a great desire to do some now to help make sure there is a future, but her parents just aren’t ready to let her grow up. First off, thank you so muc...
I finished The Testament of Jessie Lamb earlier this week, and am still processing it. Jessie’s world is turned upside down by a new plague, one they call Maternal Death Syndrome (MDS) because it kills pregnant women. She’s only sixteen, though, and doesn’t think much of it until she knows someone w...
3.75 out of 5I have to sit on this one for a bit, but one thing is clear: I do wish the characters, all of them, had been more individually defined. The science at the heart of the novel is sound and detailed, but I was never wholly invested in The Testament of Jessie Lamb. Full review to follow.
hmmm. review in a fewthanks edelweiss
If you enjoy those kinds of themes (dystopian and philosophical) then you should read "never let me go" which is beautifully written. This book here seams a pale copy of it, so don't bother. The story is Ok, the prosa is not, it feels as if it was a poorly written YA book that has been converted int...
For books of this type, go for Never Let Me Go, it's much better. I can see how this might have been longlisted for the Booker prize, but I'm not sure it will make it through to the shortlist. For me, it offered a lot in the way of the idea, and how it might unfold, but actually didn't progress very...
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