Make Room! Make Room!

"The concept of this book was so interesting to me and I was so excited to read it.<br/>However, this book is definitely a product of its time. The way women and poc are written is hard to get past. The characters lacked any development and so I really didn’t care what happened to them. I enjoyed part two more than part one because the weight of the situation started to feel more real. Part two would’ve had a greater impact if the political landscape was explored more. The murder at the beginning could’ve led to some great commentary/exploration about political corruption in times of crisis. (Let’s be real; in general) <br/>I’d be okay without the political stuff if it wasn’t heavily hinted at and the characters were interesting. But it was and they weren’t. <br/>A moment I enjoyed was the priest at the end realizing Armageddon won’t happen with the turn of the century. The despair the priest felt in that moment was palpable. I wish there were more moments like that in the book. <br/><br/>I want to analyze this book a bit more because I must be missing something. Maybe Andy’s lack of development was meant to make the reader feel imprisoned in the overcrowded world. Gma said she really enjoyed the movie this book was based off of so I thought I’d check it out. Turns out it was ~loosely~ based haha. Perhaps my preconceived notions of this story are preventing me from understanding the point of it."

"I don't think i have a favorite part, but he did great in creating the visual descriptions. It focuses mostly on overpopulation and how it happened and it gets a little too preachy at some parts from the characters friend, but it's not bad. It's good to read this first, then watch the movie Soylent Green, based in this book. "