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A review by cadyly
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
4.0
Some of the slang took a bit to figure out, which was probably the biggest downside to this book. Overall, it was interesting. It explores, albeit rather superficially, issues surrounding monogamy, fertility, human trafficking, surrogacy, and religion. Religion is shown as being as off-the-deep-end on one extreme as the bumping-for-profit side is on the other extreme. The book hints that morality lies somewhere in the middle, with people's ability to choose their own destiny being key.
None of the sides were particularly demonized and you could see reasons for each characters choices.
It was interesting, yet rather fluffy. Personally, I would prefer a book dealing with these issues to be a little more serious and really get into the issues at hand, but at least some problems are brought to light, if not as many as perhaps should be. I was especially glad to see the insertion of the character Malia, as she provided a necessary point-of-view. It would also have been helpful to see a Church family that was successful, and not snidely uncharitable and controlling, as everyone who had interaction with Harmony was.
None of the sides were particularly demonized and you could see reasons for each characters choices.
It was interesting, yet rather fluffy. Personally, I would prefer a book dealing with these issues to be a little more serious and really get into the issues at hand, but at least some problems are brought to light, if not as many as perhaps should be. I was especially glad to see the insertion of the character Malia, as she provided a necessary point-of-view. It would also have been helpful to see a Church family that was successful, and not snidely uncharitable and controlling, as everyone who had interaction with Harmony was.