Being a homeschooling mother, I am always on the lookout for outstanding books for our family to read and to recommend on the blog. So I felt Axiom fit these requirements as a dystopian Science fiction story. As I began reading this book, the first thing that stood out to me arose from the lack of emotion. Axiom requires its residents to show no emotion. Also, the residents exist only as a number rather than a name from a young age.

The concept of no relationships being allowed horrified me. The Lord Protector controls everything and everyone, which I struggled to find acceptable.

As I continued reading, I noticed a transition from strictly numbers being used to identify individuals to names being used instead. Emotions, relationships and more root themselves in some residents of Axiom. To find out how the story turns out, check out this book for yourself.

I received a complimentary copy of this book, but this in no way influenced my review. All opinions are my own. ( )

This was hard for me to get into. I had trouble following the characters and what was going on at times. I do appreciate the author’s imagination in making a world that was suppose to be utter peace and all needs met. What disturbed me was the control that was over the people in this world. I would never want to live in a place where my thoughts, movements and emotions were being controlled. I think back on history where there were leaders who strived for that perfect world.

Using numbers to identify people made me think of people in prison. They lose their identity and become known as a random number. I tried to keep up with the characters but I had to keep rereading paragraphs in order to understand the story. I do have to say that the author gave me lots to ponder about and stretched my mind to accept a world that was very active with surprises. People were treated like slaves and if they became ill, nothing was done to help them. What if this place existed? How would we react to some of the conditions in this future world?

The book is rather long and at times was a slow read. If it had been shortened and certain things left out, the book would have kept my attention more. I always want to be fair in my reviews. I think the author did a good job of giving readers who like this genre a story that explores the what if’s. The ending leaves me with questions that I hope the author will answer in another book.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion. ( )