The novel also shows the future mothers, who are unable or unwilling to carry their own children for a variety of reasons. Without revealing too much, because discovering the characters and motivations is a real pleasure in this novel, I’ll say that I was expecting the tragic-infertile trope, and I was pleasantly surprised by the range of reasons women used The Farm.
This book explores race, money, motherhood, and more, while remaining a story first, and a treatise second. I was mildly disappointed in the ending, because I felt like so many intersecting lives and major social themes had been explored, and so I really wanted to see some systemic change, but of course that’s not very realistic fiction.
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This was a good and fair review. I had a similar reaction to this book! The beginning and middle were well done, and then the ending just kind of petered out. That was a bit of a disappointment, but I'm still glad I read it.
If you're interested in reading my review of it, it's here: https://lydiaschoch.com/wombs-for-rent-a-review-of-the-farm/
(But no pressure! :) )
Yes! I still liked the book, I just felt like it was building and building and then -- it was done.