tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post5796176128700932483..comments2024-03-25T04:52:11.840-05:00Comments on Mary Had a Little Book Blog: Review: Incarnate by Jodi MeadowsMary Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07068032118168881784noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-33364979477905802352014-05-12T08:09:20.275-05:002014-05-12T08:09:20.275-05:00This book sounds interesting, I might have to pick...This book sounds interesting, I might have to pick it up soon!Danielle merklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288707013253523179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-82246085066334796682014-02-14T13:29:41.625-06:002014-02-14T13:29:41.625-06:00I have been considering reading this one! I do usu...I have been considering reading this one! I do usually prefer lots of characterization, but I might still try this one.<br />Great review!Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470126780706643441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-40959707972196252002014-01-16T17:43:09.988-06:002014-01-16T17:43:09.988-06:00I just bought this so hopefully I will love it! I ...I just bought this so hopefully I will love it! I do enjoy dystopian and sci-fi so I'm hopeful!Susan T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10275902011437565283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-59234807681136623212013-01-31T19:36:36.485-06:002013-01-31T19:36:36.485-06:00Very good point, Lacy. I still think Heart is more...Very good point, Lacy. I still think Heart is more utopian, but I will agree that Ana's presence in society unveiled previously hidden cracks. The introduction of newsouls in the upcoming books really will flip the status quo and a truly distopian feel will become apparent. I also agree that most supposed "good" societies depicted in ya fiction such as those in Hunger Games, Delirium, Divergent, XVI, etc, have those deep cracks, I'm still not entirely convinced that Heart and the community presented in Incarnate is strictly dysfunctional and distopian. My definition of a utopia is not a perfect society where everything goes well all the time but rather a community that truly works well and its citizens are content but not a blind contentment, if that makes sense.Mary Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068032118168881784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-11586767006249154702013-01-31T19:21:52.258-06:002013-01-31T19:21:52.258-06:00I have to disagree that Incarnate is depicting a u...I have to disagree that Incarnate is depicting a utopian society. The status quo in the society is so ingrained that it doesn't allow for people to change and develop so while it looks utopian initially, if you delve deeper it is actually dystopian. It reminds me of the book "A Brave New World" by Alduous Huxley where an outsider comes in and shakes up this supposedly utopian society. I think in the future books, the cracks in the society are going to show up more and more as Ana and hopefully other new souls question the status quo. Not to mention, the society allowed Ana to be emotionally and physically abused for years by her mother with no intervention which is not exactly a utopian sort of thing to do. Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253941053255851778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-56243192830407869892013-01-28T00:57:09.911-06:002013-01-28T00:57:09.911-06:00I read a great post somewhere on the differences b...I read a great post somewhere on the differences between dystopian and utopian. I thought it was great how Meadows chose to do something in the genre, but still really different.Mary Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068032118168881784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-12712316684490798232013-01-26T10:44:41.525-06:002013-01-26T10:44:41.525-06:00Great review! I agree withthe utpoian thing althou...Great review! I agree withthe utpoian thing although I never thought of it:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280290057019816708noreply@blogger.com