"From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find--discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood, deemed an unworthy, she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister. Outside, the world is plagued by catastrophe--cities are submerged underwater, electricity and the internet are nonexistent, and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel, barren landscape. Inside, the narrator is controlled, punished, but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls, joining the ranks of the unworthy, she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past--and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened. As the two women grow closer, the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past, the environmental future, and her present life inside the convent. How did she get to the Sacred Sisterhood? Why can't she remember her life before? And what really happens when a woman is chosen as one of the Enlightened?"
What I Thought:
I'm gonna be real with ya'll. I sat on this review for a day or so because I didn't know what to say. It seems like I'm in the minority on this book. I didn't like it. It wasn't horrible. It wasn't poorly written, I just didn't vibe with it. I loved Tender Is the Flesh. My jaw was on the floor when I finished that one, but The Unworthy....just didn't do it for me.
I think my main problem with it was the POV. I didn't understand what was happening, who it was happening to, and most importantly WHY!? I don't need every single last detail spelled out for me in order to enjoy a story. I can use my imagination, but this book gives you only enough to fill out the pages...in my opinion.
I didn't understand why the women acted the way that they did. How they all just accepted everything that was happening and didn't question. I didn't understand the world. I just didn't get it.
I GOT it, but I didn't get it. I hope that makes sense?
I think if this was fleshed out a bit it could have been awesome like TiTF. But for me, I just wasn't a fan.
Personally I can't recommend it, but as always read whatever you want! You might just like it.
