Alien Nation

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My experience of the concept of a utopia is an environment where everyone is uncannily happy and gets on. In this interesting twist on a utopia, in Anthem everyone wants to be a psychopath. To lack empathy and compassion is revered and to fail the psychopathy test is to be outcast and branded deviant. Jason Freeman is a service android, who doesn’t dream of murder, but of being accepted. Prince Marcus Kane, a role model for Jason, was raised to despise those who are like Jason, but behind closed doors is also struggling to emulate his family’s sadistic behaviour. In this rollercoaster read as Anthem descends into civil war we see Jason and Marcus having to confront their fears and the darkest parts of themselves to survive. 

As I’ve said, I thought Alien Nation had an interesting twist by establishing a world where it’s good to be bad. I felt that the idea of people striving to be branded a psychopath created a poignant social commentary about the lengths people will go to to get what they want that reverberates off the page. I liked the dichotomy between Jason and Marcus, the perspectives of those outside looking in and vice versa gave me a rounded view of the plot as we changed between each character’s perspective. The plot delivers twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat and curious to know what would happen next. The integration of the sci-fi elements gives another layer to this story, creating a multi-faceted, jam-packed read for science-fiction and dystopian readers.

Charlotte Walker

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