It’s 2050 and the Inside Project is ready to accept their applicants. Jacqueline Millender a women’s rights advocate and billionaire has funding and treated the project as her own personal experiment. As arrival of those accepted into the Inside begin to arrive, they notice that the lottery to enter might not be as random as they thought.
Set in the future, Yours for the Taking is told over decades of years and we switch between a group different POVs and follows various girls and women as they make their way in a dystopian/utopian world. It’s hard to describe this book without adding spoilers but it touches on some heavier philosophical and moral questions. Ideas such as a women-only society, how society chooses who to survive, speculation on how a patriarchy/matriarchy society would function and has functioned in the pass and much more.
I did a combination of reading and listening to this book, and I will say the audio narration helped me to full enjoy the story. There is a lot to think about as you read this story and it’s certainly an interesting read. I rounded up to 4 mainly because I love a book that makes me think. However, it felt never ending and I had a hard time connecting with the characters. I read Yours for the Taking around the same time as The Future by Naomi Alderman and while the plot lines are completely different, they had the same dystopian vibe/atmosphere. The writing is comparable, and I think if you like one, you’ll enjoy the other. You’ll also enjoy this book if you like climate fiction, queer ensembles, and ethical debates; but it’s not a read for everyone.
Yours for the Taking is out now. Huge thank you to St. Martin’s Press and MacMillan Audio for my copies in exchange for an honest review. If you liked this review, please let me know either by commenting below or by visiting my Instagram @speakingof.books.
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