Mo's Reviews> The Screwfly Solution

The Screwfly Solution could be one of the most terrifying books I ever read; I can’t imagine what goes through the author’s mind. Is she insane, or is she creative? I truly do love how the author brings what has been inside our species for a long time: violence. Violence toward everything, sexual desire, and violence acts towards women It blew me away how easy it is to destroy humankind. It is like an ant; when the queen dies, the entire colony is slowly dying. It’s a cruel but smart way to sweep entire existence to become history. It’s easy to manipulate people by using religion or beliefs to convey men's desire to attack women. After doing some research, I understand that the title is a foreshadowing of the entire story! To summarize, the screwfly solution is a technique for eradicating the population of screwflies by releasing large amounts of sterilized males that will compete with fertile females. By doing so, the consequences will be reduced of populations for each generation. It’s amazing! Everything is well executed; the author is borderline insane, and I truly love it. In my opinion, I really love this book because it disturbs me in a way that I never felt before. I feel weird and I feel disturbed, and more curious about what will happen next. In the end, humans can be manipulated in such an extreme way that there won’t be any noticeable trace that someone is controlling them, and we are easy to eradicate from this vast big infinite universe by higher-intelligence species.