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Record Keeper
Record Keeper | Agnes Gomillion
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The Record Keeper is a visceral and thrilling near-future dystopia examining past and present race relations. After World War III, Earth is in ruins, and the final armies have come to a reluctant truce. Everyone must obey the law--in (…more)
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The Record Keeper | Agnes Gomillion
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Mehso-so

Afrofuturism ✔️
Dystopian ✔️
Interesting world building ✔️

This checks a lot of boxes...but it didn‘t always come together. Arika was interesting...but sometimes problematic. Mashup of the worst horror stories of Catholic boarding school merged with the Handmaid‘s Tale. Slavery, disease, rebellion, and repression create a society seething with resentment and despair. Awesome ideas with bumpy execution. Ending sets up to the sequel.