Chan, this book review brings to mind a quote by Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. Your case is being called.” Each character’s testimony should have been presented with more flashbacks. Then, I would flash back to the end of the book with “Ms. If I was the editor, I would start with the last two chapters and write something like, “If only Gust could have kept it in his pants…” then shifted to a flashback. The emotions need to be stirred, and there needs to be some excitement/action, but this book wasn’t written that way. However, facts alone don’t usually make great books. What happened to chapters with cliff-hanger endings? The prose was like reading a newspaper article, fact-driven, flat, unemotional. The program was one-year long, and it felt like I was reading this book for one year. Most important: the storytelling was off in The School for Good Mothers. This book is intended to be an updated The Handmaid’s Tale however, The Handmaid’s Tale it is not.
The School for Good Mothers is Jessamine Chan’s debut novel, and it was a solid first draft in a very competitive subgenre. What will the school be like and will Frida be reunited with her daughter?
Female dystopian that doesn’t hold up against the competitionįrida Liu has a very bad parenting day resulting in The State sentencing her to a one-year school to become a better mother.
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