The Heart Goes Last

Published March 29, 2016 by Virago.

ISBN:
978-0-349-00729-8
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4 stars (35 reviews)

"Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in...for six months out of the year."--

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3 stars

I love Margaret Atwood; this is not my favorite Margaret Atwood novel. Still compelling and finished in 24 hours. Rather jarring ending. Weak transitions between what were, I have since learned, were the serialized portions of this novel. Central characters not particularly likable--Stan is an Angry Man and rather misogynistic, and Charmaine is absurdly childlike as a weird consequence of ptsd. I was never really convinced by the Positron Project itself--why is the prison component necessary for this planned society? There's no reason everyone couldn't live in their little non-prison houses all the time--other than the darker motives that come to light later in the book. But how would the salesmen ever be able to sell this to potential residents? Because, on the surface at least, the prison isn't necessary.

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