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 The Xeric Conspiracy  [13+]
A possible future of "green."
by JACE
Review by Beholden
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
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Review of The Xeric Conspiracy by JACE

I think this one's going to be quite hard for me to do. The writing is fine, no technical problems, typos, or errors of judgement, flow or pace. It's quite believable, in fact, and enjoyable as a result. Why shouldn't the guy be writing a memoir of his struggles, after all? The problem is that it leaves me with not a lot to say except "well done."

My solution is to look at the content, the actual premise driving the piece. And that I don't find so agreeable. This was written in 2009, a time when environmental concerns were already beginning to affect governments and force them to think about the future. In the present situation, where that tendency has become a tide on which we seem to be riding to the opposite of the future envisaged in this piece, it seems unlikely, to say the least, that growing things wll be illegal.

Which is not to condemn the piece for getting it wrong (apparently), but does make it more difficult to believe and feel sympathy for the narrator. I feel like telling him not to worry, we'll have it sorted (another unlikely story - I'm just as pessimistic about it as you are but in a different way).

So that's my opinion - but it shouldn't affect and doesn't affect my assessment of the writing skills involved. No problems there, I'm happy to say! *Smile*

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