This was a strange book. I have read several of Doris Lessing's books. Some I liked and some not so much. I don't know how to describe this book. I felt that the story could have been fleshed out more. The story about this couple who met, fell in love and married. They wanted lots of children and had four before they had the fifth child. I will not say more as I don't want to give away any more of the story. I gave it three stars as I did finish the book, but am still undecided about how I liked it.
The New York Times Book Review called it "A horror story of maternity and the nightmare of social collapse ... a moral fable of the genre that includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and George Orwell's 1984."
I read this is one sitting. I agree with another PBS reviewer that said it read more like a fable than a novel. I really enjoyed it and I know the story and the characters will stay with me for a long time.
I read this is one sitting. I agree with another PBS reviewer that said it read more like a fable than a novel. I really enjoyed it and I know the story and the characters will stay with me for a long time.
