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Mara Gorki
lives in London in the year 2068. But it is a very different UK from what we
know it today. Everything is controlled by men. Women have no right to vote, to
drive. They’re not allowed to own their own businesses, homosexuality is banned
and every time a woman over 18 steps outside a door, she has to wear the
uniform; tights, skirt, blouse and jacket. If she should dare to go outside
without wearing the uniform, the penalty is… severe.
But this
isn’t the only thing women have to endure. Once there was a terrorist act, a
bombing by some unknown female group (no one ever heard from them again after
that), which set something more horrendous in action; The Hunt.
The Hunt is
something all women between 21 and 30 can be pulled into. They have no choice
in the matter, whatsoever. They have to meet in the Arena, dressed in the
uniform and for a week they’re prey for the male hunters. 10 women and 10 men.
One week. If you’re captured, the hunters will spend time with you – and they
have all kinds of “fun” things to use. Only a few things are not allowed.
The Hunt is
divided into three books; Before the Hunt, During the Hunt and After the Hunt.
In each part we follow Mara in her life. Her life before the Hunt; her books
(both those she read and write herself), her secret love for Yuke (remember
homosexuality is banned). We get a unique insight into how the everyday life is
in the new London; and it isn’t pretty.
Her life during
the Hunt; everything Mara feels, every thought that goes into her mind, the
other women she gets attached to, and every event during the “games”.
After the
Hunt; how Mara copes with surviving, getting over the whole thing and how she
has changed as a person.
I was
sucked into this world that Brad has created, and I am in awe. It was so easy
to fall into this world, to follow Mara and her thoughts, her fear, her courage
and the love she feels towards Yuke. Absolutely amazing to read.
My stomach
clenched when I read during the Hunt, it’s not for faint hearted, you feel
violated along with Mara – and please, don’t get me started on the absolutely
moron of Hunter she meets. *sighs and rolls eyes* I do love how Brad made a
reference to a very popular book, and what the hunter put into that one.
*snickers* Gosh, I didn’t think anyone could be that thick!!!
The end is…
well, I have no words. It’s wonderful and sad, and I love the last part of the
Hunt; very well done Brad!!!
I will
DEFINITELY recommend this book!! Loved every page, made my heart jump into my
throat, my soul cry out in anguish and made me snort with laughter. Amazing
read!!
Great
Britain in the year 2068. A totalitarian government has passed laws victimising
racial minorities, prohibiting homosexuality, and preventing women from voting
or having abortions. When a feminist group launches a terrorist attack, the
state responds by creating the Hunt, a weekly contest in which ten randomly
selected women are pursued by ten male Hunters across an abandoned district of
London.
Mara Gorki is a successful crime novelist trying to keep her lesbian relationship with film critic Yuke Morishita a secret. Horrified by what is happening in the country, she seldom leaves her apartment, attempting to create a private universe where she and her lover can hide. But the external world comes crashing in when Mara is conscripted into the Hunt. After discovering what Hunters do to the women they capture, Mara enters the contest determined to elude her pursuers. The odds may be against her, but the consequences of failure are too terrifying to contemplate.
Mara Gorki is a successful crime novelist trying to keep her lesbian relationship with film critic Yuke Morishita a secret. Horrified by what is happening in the country, she seldom leaves her apartment, attempting to create a private universe where she and her lover can hide. But the external world comes crashing in when Mara is conscripted into the Hunt. After discovering what Hunters do to the women they capture, Mara enters the contest determined to elude her pursuers. The odds may be against her, but the consequences of failure are too terrifying to contemplate.
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