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Femlandia

By: Christina Dalcher
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Cassandra Morris
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The gripping thriller from the bestselling author of VOX and Q

‘A compelling, fast paced read.’ Guardian

‘The queen of dystopia’ Nina Pottell, Prima

‘Explosive’ Heat

'Provocative, sinister, and fascinating' Stephanie Wrobel, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Recovery of Rose Gold

‘Clever and chilling – and all too plausible’ Carole Johnstone, author of Mirrorland

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Miranda Reynolds has lost her home, her job and her husband – all thanks to an economic collapse that has brought America to its knees.

The shops are empty; the streets no longer safe. Miranda and her daughter Emma have nowhere left to turn.

There is one final hope, a self-sufficient haven for women who want to live a life free from men. Femlandia.

For Miranda, the secluded Femlandia is a last resort. Life outside the gates is fraught with danger, but there’s something just as sinister going on within.

Welcome to Femlandia… It’s no place like home.

©2021 Christina Dalcher (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Dystopian Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Adventure Women's Fiction Adventure
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I really enjoyed this book. The story was very good and kept me interested from beginning to end. I liked getting to know the characters and what happened to them throughout the story. It was never boring, and there was always something interesting happening. I would recommend this book and already have !

Original and gripping!

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An excellent story which was hard to put down. Good detailed characterisation both of the main people and the state both of the outside world which has a ring of reality and possibility and the environment inside Femlandia both apparent and the dreadful reality.But a bit sad that the concept was badly skewed and was certainly not a feminist perspective

Detailed concept of a feminist ‘utopia’

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With “Femlandia” I was hoping for The Handmaid’s Tale: The Revenge, but it fell short.

The novel is set during a dystopian end of days in the USA, caused a financial disaster and subsequent collapse of society. Our heroine and her daughter embark on a journey to the fabled Femlandia, a feminist utopia, in which all is not as it seems.

While the novel does raise feminist issues, and explores the troubling idea of misandry as a response to centuries of misogyny, it is not as well crafted, subtle or deep as I had hoped.

I found the heroine annoying, shallow and self absorbed, and much of the book seems to consist of a relentless, whining inner monologue, exacerbated by the narrator’s overly dramatic reading. In fact, the characters all seem like caricatures, making it hard to empathise with any of them.

The pace picks up when Miranda and her daughter Emma reach Femlandia but it takes a while to get there, I almost gave up a few times but persevered. The ending seems to be quite rushed in comparison to the first half of the book, which is a shame as the ending is the more interesting section. There were a few moments at the end where it becomes very tense and interesting.

However, overall I feel that there was opportunity for more with the concept of this book that never fully delivered.

Interesting concept but could have gone further

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Love this author. Have read all her books. Really enjoyed this it kept me at the edge of my seat wanting to know more.
Left me thinking for days after…life certainly is interesting

Gripping

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🧡 I was so excited about this book. A feminist dystopia, an end of normal life, a cult. It’s everything my warped mind desires. I was hoping for another The End of Men. Or And in a lot of ways it delivered. There’s a sinister undercurrent, zealotry, society in turmoil. I liked Miranda’s story and

💚 There was no single thing that reduced the impact of this for me, but if I had to nail it down, I’d say I wanted morrrrre. More on the economic collapse, more detail about Femlandia’s earlier days, the rest of the communes. More about Jen and Miranda’s history. In all this I felt like I was coming in late to the party. And in some instances I found the characters’ motivations baffling. I think I could have been brought round, but I needed to know more, with a longer lead in.

💜 The overall message is an excellent one. It is one that sees the flaws in men and women as human flaws. Not the same, but neither more or less malevolent than the other.

Lots and lots of content warnings. Sexual assault and abuse in particular. It’s quite brutal at times and, much as I didn’t enjoy those aspects,they fit in with the story.
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🎧 Absolutely beautiful narration by Cassandra Morris and Brittany Pressley.There’s a sense throughout of a sort of ethereal strength. It’s an understated performance which was easy on the ears, but still conveyed character.

🎧 What made it all the more impressive was the nuance in giving voice to so many female characters. I should have been lost as to who was talking, but it never happened.

Very Close To Living Up To Expectations

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