Vanishing World [book, audiobook]
Vanishing World [book, audiobook] I LIKE THIS BOOK A LOT. IT STARTS OFF AS A KIND OF GENERIC "YOUNG PEOPLE IN JAPAN ARE DATING AND HAVING LESS SEX WHAT IF IN THE FUTURE THEY DIDN'T DATE OR HAVE SEX AT ALL, HUH!?" AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TOWARDS BEING A WEIRD CONSERVATIVE GRIPE BOOK. IT THEN WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF DYSTOPIAN NEAR FUTURE ALTERNATE FAMILY STRUCTURES. THE MAIN ONE BEING A WORLD EVERYONE GETS MARRIED AND YOUR WIFE IS FAMILY, AND HAVING SEX WITH FAMILY IS INCEST SO YOU HAVE TO DATE SOMEONE ELSE. AND I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT WAS A BLATANTLY STUPID IDEA BUT THE BOOK DID SUCH A GOOD JOB JUSTIFYING IT MAKING SENSE AS A THING PEOPLE WOULD DO. ALSO IT HAD GAY MARRIAGE BE ILLEGAL BECAUSE WITHOUT SEX MEN WOULD ONLY MARRY MEN BECAUSE MEN HATE WOMEN. THE GENERAL CONCLUSION ALSO WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE 'HEY, THESE FUTURES SEEM REALLY BAD AND DYSTOPIAN AND I THINK THEY ARE, BUT LIKE, IF I GREW UP AND IT'D ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY I'D THINK THE CURRENT WAY WE...