1. This book is a stand-alone, and can be read at any time in the series, but it makes most sense to read it as a prequel. It's aprox. 6 hours.
2. This book takes place 200 years before the MOTN series.
3. This book is about the author of the "Forbidden Books", which are mentioned in the series.
This book is a sweet, adventurous, mild-mannered love story between a curious, broken-hearted Motlander and a fierce, adoring Northland warrior. These two break all rules and boundaries in a dramatic, often funny, and sometimes violent and dismissive nod to their home countries.
While the story is the arc, the real meat of the book is the author filling us in on what has happened in the 200 years since the nuclear war, why the Motlanders and Northlanders are at peace, and a warning of things to come in the next 200 years before the MOTN series starts in the 400's. In this book we see the beginnings of the thought police, Momsies, prisons of contemplation, banning of books, banning of words, drones along the borders, and the polarization and prejudices between the two countries beginning to take root. I loved seeing a different side to the Northlanders; unlike MOTN 200 years later, these men are fierce and passionate, protective without being possessive, respectful and allowing women jobs/positions of equality. I liked seeing the Motlanders when they could still curse, read and write what they wanted, interact equally with their own men who still had positions of power (such as policemen).
This book is self-reflective with the characters themselves asking, "I wonder where we will be in 200 years if we continue on this course?" The polarized and prejudicial, often abusive and non-consensual, inequality and humiliation of both women and men on both sides of the wall are what we see in the MOTN. It's bittersweet to read this book, knowing what we know. As James Blunt sang, "I saw the end before it began".
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1. This book is a stand-alone, and can be read at any time in the series, but it makes most sense to read it as a prequel. It's aprox. 6 hours.2. This book takes place 200 years before the MOTN series.3. This book is about the author of the "Forbidden Books", which are mentioned in the series.This book is a sweet, adventurous, mild-mannered love story between a curious, broken-hearted Motlander and a fierce, adoring Northland warrior. These two break all rules and boundaries in a dramatic, often funny, and sometimes violent and dismissive nod to their home countries.While the story is the arc, the real meat of the book is the author filling us in on what has happened in the 200 years since the nuclear war, why the Motlanders and Northlanders are at peace, and a warning of things to come in the next 200 years before the MOTN series starts in the 400's. In this book we see the beginnings of the thought police, Momsies, prisons of contemplation, banning of books, banning of words, drones along the borders, and the polarization and prejudices between the two countries beginning to take root. I loved seeing a different side to the Northlanders; unlike MOTN 200 years later, these men are fierce and passionate, protective without being possessive, respectful and allowing women jobs/positions of equality. I liked seeing the Motlanders when they could still curse, read and write what they wanted, interact equally with their own men who still had positions of power (such as policemen).This book is self-reflective with the characters themselves asking, "I wonder where we will be in 200 years if we continue on this course?" The polarized and prejudicial, often abusive and non-consensual, inequality and humiliation of both women and men on both sides of the wall are what we see in the MOTN. It's bittersweet to read this book, knowing what we know. As James Blunt sang, "I saw the end before it began".
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
2. This book takes place 200 years before the MOTN series.
3. This book is about the author of the "Forbidden Books", which are mentioned in the series.
This book is a sweet, adventurous, mild-mannered love story between a curious, broken-hearted Motlander and a fierce, adoring Northland warrior. These two break all rules and boundaries in a dramatic, often funny, and sometimes violent and dismissive nod to their home countries.
While the story is the arc, the real meat of the book is the author filling us in on what has happened in the 200 years since the nuclear war, why the Motlanders and Northlanders are at peace, and a warning of things to come in the next 200 years before the MOTN series starts in the 400's. In this book we see the beginnings of the thought police, Momsies, prisons of contemplation, banning of books, banning of words, drones along the borders, and the polarization and prejudices between the two countries beginning to take root. I loved seeing a different side to the Northlanders; unlike MOTN 200 years later, these men are fierce and passionate, protective without being possessive, respectful and allowing women jobs/positions of equality. I liked seeing the Motlanders when they could still curse, read and write what they wanted, interact equally with their own men who still had positions of power (such as policemen).
This book is self-reflective with the characters themselves asking, "I wonder where we will be in 200 years if we continue on this course?" The polarized and prejudicial, often abusive and non-consensual, inequality and humiliation of both women and men on both sides of the wall are what we see in the MOTN. It's bittersweet to read this book, knowing what we know. As James Blunt sang, "I saw the end before it began".
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
1. This book is a stand-alone, and can be read at any time in the series, but it makes most sense to read it as a prequel. It's aprox. 6 hours.Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
2. This book takes place 200 years before the MOTN series.
3. This book is about the author of the "Forbidden Books", which are mentioned in the series.
This book is a sweet, adventurous, mild-mannered love story between a curious, broken-hearted Motlander and a fierce, adoring Northland warrior. These two break all rules and boundaries in a dramatic, often funny, and sometimes violent and dismissive nod to their home countries.
While the story is the arc, the real meat of the book is the author filling us in on what has happened in the 200 years since the nuclear war, why the Motlanders and Northlanders are at peace, and a warning of things to come in the next 200 years before the MOTN series starts in the 400's. In this book we see the beginnings of the thought police, Momsies, prisons of contemplation, banning of books, banning of words, drones along the borders, and the polarization and prejudices between the two countries beginning to take root. I loved seeing a different side to the Northlanders; unlike MOTN 200 years later, these men are fierce and passionate, protective without being possessive, respectful and allowing women jobs/positions of equality. I liked seeing the Motlanders when they could still curse, read and write what they wanted, interact equally with their own men who still had positions of power (such as policemen).
This book is self-reflective with the characters themselves asking, "I wonder where we will be in 200 years if we continue on this course?" The polarized and prejudicial, often abusive and non-consensual, inequality and humiliation of both women and men on both sides of the wall are what we see in the MOTN. It's bittersweet to read this book, knowing what we know. As James Blunt sang, "I saw the end before it began".
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Men of the North wonderfully written you never know what the world will be in 28++
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Quite simply this is Elin Peer at her very best
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Tantalizing and intelligent
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