Review of Severed Roots
Posted: 11 Jun 2024, 13:11
[Following is a volunteer review of "Severed Roots" by Nego Huzcotoq.]
Who is responsible for the evil that exists in our world? Is it men? Is it women? Children? The government? Maybe it’s the oppression that we all put up with every day without even realizing it. According to the book Severed Roots by Nego Huzcotoq, a movement to revitalize things was begun by women to “break from the past” and keep men from their seeming dominance.
Nick Wong had grown up in a children’s center in Canada as one of the dreaded “mankeys.” All men were called mankeys and were considered inferior to all women. They held the most menial jobs and were not loved or nurtured during their childhood. The girls, on the other hand, were attended to and reared with the utmost awareness. Those children that were born before the movement began were removed from their parents’s care, and marriage was outlawed because of the inherent possessiveness and brutality of men. Those who were born after its inception were conceived by women who were paid to bear them.
Nick’s best friend was Beatrice. Beatrice desperately wanted to have a child of her own, but that was, of course, outlawed, too. Women of this era were forced to attend gatherings every month that reiterated the evils of men and their previous rule over society. The book opened with Nick and Beatrice discussing her apparent “Motherhood Syndrome,” as wanting a child was called, at a chance encounter at a mall where she had just experienced harassment regarding her lack of participation at the monthly meetings.
There were no detectable errors in this book, so it was exceptionally well edited, and there was nothing that I could find to dislike except that everything bad that happened to anyone, or anything that was less than perfect, was blamed on men. According to the women in charge, the men had a tendency toward violence and abuse. The family unit was seen as the cause of any fears or insecurities exhibited by those who grew up in them. While I did not agree with the portrayal of men and the family, this book was a depiction of a possible dystopian future.
The relationship between Nick and Beatrice was the part of the novel that I enjoyed the most. They were not content with the status quo and strove to find a way to improve conditions for themselves and everyone else. I give this book a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. There was almost no profanity, and there was no overt sexual activity, only allusions to it. I recommend this to those who are entertained by descriptions of a future dystopian society. This is a book with a very interesting idea of what may become of the entire world.
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Severed Roots
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Who is responsible for the evil that exists in our world? Is it men? Is it women? Children? The government? Maybe it’s the oppression that we all put up with every day without even realizing it. According to the book Severed Roots by Nego Huzcotoq, a movement to revitalize things was begun by women to “break from the past” and keep men from their seeming dominance.
Nick Wong had grown up in a children’s center in Canada as one of the dreaded “mankeys.” All men were called mankeys and were considered inferior to all women. They held the most menial jobs and were not loved or nurtured during their childhood. The girls, on the other hand, were attended to and reared with the utmost awareness. Those children that were born before the movement began were removed from their parents’s care, and marriage was outlawed because of the inherent possessiveness and brutality of men. Those who were born after its inception were conceived by women who were paid to bear them.
Nick’s best friend was Beatrice. Beatrice desperately wanted to have a child of her own, but that was, of course, outlawed, too. Women of this era were forced to attend gatherings every month that reiterated the evils of men and their previous rule over society. The book opened with Nick and Beatrice discussing her apparent “Motherhood Syndrome,” as wanting a child was called, at a chance encounter at a mall where she had just experienced harassment regarding her lack of participation at the monthly meetings.
There were no detectable errors in this book, so it was exceptionally well edited, and there was nothing that I could find to dislike except that everything bad that happened to anyone, or anything that was less than perfect, was blamed on men. According to the women in charge, the men had a tendency toward violence and abuse. The family unit was seen as the cause of any fears or insecurities exhibited by those who grew up in them. While I did not agree with the portrayal of men and the family, this book was a depiction of a possible dystopian future.
The relationship between Nick and Beatrice was the part of the novel that I enjoyed the most. They were not content with the status quo and strove to find a way to improve conditions for themselves and everyone else. I give this book a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. There was almost no profanity, and there was no overt sexual activity, only allusions to it. I recommend this to those who are entertained by descriptions of a future dystopian society. This is a book with a very interesting idea of what may become of the entire world.
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Severed Roots
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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