My newest hobby is finding connections to my next read from my last, and that’s how I found Oryx and Crake – from a similar word in The Forty Rules of Love that made me instantly think of this Margaret Atwood novel. Also, while looking for another novel by Shafak, being totally in love with the last one, I came across another future read: Curiosity which just happened to be misplaced beside Shafak’s other novels. I love coincidences.Not being totally excited about the topic of this novel – a dystopian future world – I was reluctant at first to start it. I decided to give it a chance, and started enjoying it a little more by the time I got to page 23. It was the quote at the beginning that ignited my interest and kept me plugging away, determined to find out what the author hopes to transpire:
“I could perhaps like others have astonished you with strange improbable tales; but I rather chose to relate plain matter of fact in the simplest manner and style; because my principal design was to inform you, and not to amuse you.” Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels.
From this you get the direction and focus of the novel. Wanting to have open eyes, I’m going to read the rest of this novel and, hopefully, will enjoy it. But I have discovered through the process of wanting to have open eyes that the future, which has not happened yet, depends on our thoughts and actions. If this is really the case, shouldn't we all be reading more books about utopia?
I appreciate the knowledge so far, and look forward to writing more about this novel as I continue on. Who knows, reality could be stranger than fiction after all.
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