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Cargando... How Icasia Bloom Touched Happinesspor Jessica Bell
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Imagine being put to death for the crime of your child's unhappiness. This is the tale of Icasia Bloom: how she is caught up in a story not initially her own, and how it changes her world. In a Globe controlled by a trusted yet elusive leader who has granted immortality to those who live by The Book, misfit Icasia Bloom is doomed to die young for the crime of her child's unhappiness. Like all 'tatters' she gets food by bartering, and when she brings customers to the new local bakery, she meets another borderline outcast, Selma Beyett, whose plight touches her. Selma's husband Jerome must die in six months if his quest for perpetual happiness is not successful. What starts as a desperate attempt to save Jerome takes the two women on a profoundly enlightening search for happiness. Icasia questions the Globe's judgement on its people and on the nature of happiness itself. Heart-warming, yet strangely unsettling, How Icasia Bloom Touched Happiness, questions everything we take for granted, and takes a long, hard look into our souls. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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When I started reading this book, I could see that it was different from the other books in its genre. It indeed has some connection with The Handmaid’s Tale, but this book was much enjoyable, in my opinion. The writing style was simple, and I finished reading the book in one sitting. It’s true that the description of the places, sometimes, wasn’t clear for me to imagine them. However, the characters were layered enough for me to keep on reading this remarkable book.
The main idea of the book made me think long about it. Finding your happiness on a new level gave depth to the book, making it unique. The first/third person POV was a good choice. And I found this way of telling a story fascinating because I love reading a story from the first-person POV; it was interesting to find out what the other characters were thinking and what was happening with them.
And, yes, I hated Norate, of course!
A particular scene was touching and brought tears to my eyes when the thirteen-year-old Leila had to go through a process to make her pregnant.
Overall, I strongly recommend this book to anyone who likes Dystopian books. (