4.2
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From John Marrs, the bestselling author of The One. Set in the same world, and narrated by a full cast, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller.
‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ - Simon Kernick, author of Good Cop Bad Cop
What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?
Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills – the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single.
But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives, tracking every word, every minor disagreement . . . and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honour and obey.
Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s The Power.
Praise for John Marrs:
'A page-turning and thought-provoking read' - Daily Mirror
'A socially aware novel packed with thought-provoking questions' - SFX Magazine
'Clever, compelling and terrifyingly plausible. A near future nightmare that grips from the first page and never let’s go . . . talk about a page-turner. This one will leave you with paper cuts! – C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man
'A smart, gripping and scarily believable story from the master of the speculative thriller'— T.M. Logan, author of The Catch
'John’s creative, high-concept thrillers never fail to keep me furiously turning the pages and The Marriage Act is no exception . . . dark, immersive speculative fiction at its very best!' – Sarah Pearse, author of The Retreat
'A scarily plausible alternative future with a truly twisted narrative. Tensely plotted and terrifyingly imagined! - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
© 2023 Macmillan (Аудиокнига): 9781529071214
Дата на публикуване
Аудиокнига: 19 януари 2023 г.
4.2
Фентъзи и фантастика
From John Marrs, the bestselling author of The One. Set in the same world, and narrated by a full cast, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller.
‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ - Simon Kernick, author of Good Cop Bad Cop
What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?
Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills – the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single.
But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives, tracking every word, every minor disagreement . . . and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honour and obey.
Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s The Power.
Praise for John Marrs:
'A page-turning and thought-provoking read' - Daily Mirror
'A socially aware novel packed with thought-provoking questions' - SFX Magazine
'Clever, compelling and terrifyingly plausible. A near future nightmare that grips from the first page and never let’s go . . . talk about a page-turner. This one will leave you with paper cuts! – C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man
'A smart, gripping and scarily believable story from the master of the speculative thriller'— T.M. Logan, author of The Catch
'John’s creative, high-concept thrillers never fail to keep me furiously turning the pages and The Marriage Act is no exception . . . dark, immersive speculative fiction at its very best!' – Sarah Pearse, author of The Retreat
'A scarily plausible alternative future with a truly twisted narrative. Tensely plotted and terrifyingly imagined! - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
© 2023 Macmillan (Аудиокнига): 9781529071214
Дата на публикуване
Аудиокнига: 19 януари 2023 г.
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Linna
22.06.2023 г.
2.5 to be honest but I felt generous So far I have only read one book from this author - The One, and this has the same vibe as the previous one. The story is not that similar but at the center is again technology to help people's relationships. In theory that sounds quite interesting and I understand all the reasons and diversity behind the characters in order to prove the main point of the book but in practice those characters seem so robotic to me. No matter how much time I can read about somebody's emotional state here I still could not believe this person is real. It seemed as if they were some experiments behind glass and I watching and monitoring them as mere subjects. I felt very distant from them and couldn't sympathize with any. If there was something deep in them I probably missed it and if I can't connect with the characters the whole book is lost to me.
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