Review: Choked and couldn't finish - too coarse
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I somehow got the impression that this was a "clean" book.  It was in that it didn't go into sexual details (as far as I read), yet it contained a lot of other material that I would not recommend to young readers.  The story was written in 1st person and held my interest until just over half way through.  That is about the only positive thing I can think of to say.This should be for mature readers.  The story takes place in some futuristic civilization.  Rosa, the girl who is telling the story is not a warm fuzzy person.  I didn't have a problem with that.  She has a strained relationship with her mother and stepfather. She is sent away where she is later drugged and artificially inseminated against her will.  Much of the time she has disturbing thoughts about the baby and names the fetus Leech because of the intrusion it is on her life.Rosa escapes from the medical facility where she was being held. She travels with a small group who travel with the hope of finding freedom from government oppression.  One of the group members is the father of her baby. Another group member admits to Rosa that he's gay and is attracted to the baby's father, whom Rosa has also fallen in love with. When Rosa decided to not hold back her feelings and sleep with the father, I quit reading.This was too coarse for my taste. Young readers do not need to read material that criticizes pregnancy in such a super negative way. They also don't need to consider love triangles between gay and heterosexuals. Read something else that is not so depressing.