Review: DYSTOPIAN WORLD
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2013
When I read the first few words of this book, I knew I was in unchartered territory. I had no frame of reference for what I was reading and that is a very good thing. How much of our life is spent comparing? "Gee, you should have seen the sunset last night. He reminds me of...  The beef daube is good, very similar to ..." After a certain point in our lives there is very little new. We live our lives in endless bland comparisons. Not so with this book.I write contemporary fiction, and often there's a political element or a love story or even a thriller or suspense theme. There are always multitudinous things that have to be checked for authenticity - where does that highway end, is that restaurant there, what was the political climate at that time...?  You get the picture. I stand in awe of someone who can create a world in their mind, a la George Orwell. Michelle has done that and brilliantly. When worlds are written about that are unidentifiable to us, we are forced to look at the writing itself, rather than on tired comparisons. Her writing is simply beautiful. Without the safety net of comparison, I found that I had totally bought into the worlds and I can certainly understand why people read and write in this genre form. The possibilities are endless. Thanks, Michelle, for allowing me to have a completely "new" experience. At this stage of the age game, wasn't sure that many existed!