Is the society in the book better off than ours?
Only people who purchase and read the book can post in this forum. If you purchased the book, please upload a copy of your receipt or other proof of purchase at:
https://onlinebookclub.org/verify-purch ... ook=523945
If your purchase of a previous Book of the Month was already marked verified, you will already have access to this forum.
-
- In It Together VIP
- Posts: 46
- Joined: 04 Aug 2022, 06:44
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 27
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-maureen-wambui-njuki.html
- Latest Review: Praesidium by McKinley Aspen
Re: Is the society in the book better off than ours?
-
- In It Together VIP
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 08 Jun 2022, 20:34
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 18
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-abby-young.html
- Latest Review: The Magician's Secret by Charles Townsend
-
- In It Together VIP
- Posts: 95
- Joined: 17 Apr 2022, 04:14
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 66
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-izzy-kruger.html
- Latest Review: The First Time Father by Thomas Alfie
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
No. For sure, it's a no. Everyone is restricted from going wherever they want, doing what they want, or liking who they want. Children are not allowed to be yours- and I think that's the worst part. Yes, some parents don't deserve to be parents, but I believe most people don't fall into that category.
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
I forgot about the lack of creativity! You're right, we'd be expected to be robots, and we're literally not made for that. It really makes sense why everyone is on drugs all the time.Tara D Morgan wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022, 13:35 I don't think the futuristic society portrayed in the book is better off than ours. Humans have been given the brain power to make choices, and in this world, humans are expected to behave and act like robots, having no choices in life. If they do step out of line, the punishments are cruel. This wouldn't be a world I would want to live in. I would not be able to cope if I wasn't allowed to think for myself and it also sounds like a drab world with all the gender-neutral colours; nope, definitely not a better world!
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
Well-written response! I've always wanted to read "Brave New World." i definitely think this book reminds me of George Orwell's book, "1984."Maryam Newman wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 02:09 I always find this kind of story intriguing, akin to Huxley's "Brave New World" and movies like "Equilibrium" and "V for Vendetta". Personal freedoms will always have to be sacrificed in the quest for social harmony, and like the abovementioned stories, "Terms of Service" shows us a picture of desirable ultimate social harmony at the undesirable cost of ultimate sacrifice of individual freedoms. I personally believe that this type of extreme, authoritarian, externally-enforced compliance is not a viable option for human society, and that utopia can only be found through universal individual acceptance of self-responsibility and self-governance.
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
That's true! We don't see how high or low violence is, nor how reduced world hunger is. We don't really see the state of affairs enough to judge whether this society is really good or not, though we can assume it's not perfect.Emily Meadows wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 20:30 There were a few holes in the book that make it hard to compare our current society with the one created in the book. In the book, was there homelessness? Did everyone have food even if it was gross yucky bland food? Was their any crime? Greed? etc.? I think I prefer our flawed society to the one in the book, even if it's imperfect.
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
If you don't mind me asking, what country was it? Do you know what caused that country to become that way and do you think it could be closer to a real-world example or comparison as to why this system is bad?readingswithsoso wrote: ↑14 Dec 2022, 14:24 Honestly, at times, I felt like I lived a very similar world. I've lived in a country where they love rules almost as much as their family; where they were very strict. Where people walked around like zombies to go back and forth to work and endulged in alcohol to have fun. Plus, I was working in a big comythwt cared more for quantity than quality.
I don't this the portrayed world is a valid solution. The mental health goes down the drain.. suicide is even briefly mentioned.
So, no.
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
Haha true that! I wouldn't be able to go without my oatmeal, nor sweets! I can't imagine how bland life would be just because of the food. At least they don't waste much food, I hope.Chinemezu Okafor wrote: ↑17 Dec 2022, 01:36 In terms of the arrangement, yes, but in terms of other things, no. I don't think I would appreciate an AI deciding what I would eat.
- Aloe Crane
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 70
- Joined: 08 Dec 2022, 11:12
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 12
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-aloe-crane.html
- Latest Review: First Lessons by Lina J. Potter
That's definitely interesting, it makes me wonder if we'd have to go down that route to have equality.Hannah Hampton wrote: ↑19 Dec 2022, 02:50 What an interesting question! I think it would help to define what "better" means. Characters in this book don't have to worry about socially constructed prejudices or inequalities based on appearance or gender, but they must sacrifice all individuality to protect themselves from these things.
- Crs webco
- In It Together VIP
- Posts: 143
- Joined: 10 Oct 2022, 00:54
- Favorite Book: An American Conspiracy
- Currently Reading: Resonant
- Bookshelf Size: 194
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-crs-webco.html
- Latest Review: An American Conspiracy by Alan C. Moore
- Reading Device: B07WGJ9KT3
- Donna Walker
- In It Together VIP
- Posts: 472
- Joined: 21 Aug 2021, 13:42
- Currently Reading: The Vitality System
- Bookshelf Size: 213
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-donna-walker.html
- Latest Review: Not Fishy Enough by Briton Kolber
-
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 1074
- Joined: 22 May 2018, 14:01
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 133
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-kenneth-onyenwe.html
- Latest Review: Opaque by Calix Leigh-Reign
- Austin McMichael
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 28
- Joined: 22 Dec 2022, 22:41
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 7
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-austin-mcmichael.html
- Latest Review: Dagger's Destiny by Linnea Tanner
- Ntokozo Joy Ndlovu
- Book of the Month Participant
- Posts: 539
- Joined: 26 Jul 2021, 15:09
- Currently Reading: The Last Imprint
- Bookshelf Size: 211
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-ntokozo-joy-ndlovu.html
- Latest Review: The MISOGI Method by Jody B. Miller
- Reading Device: 1400697484