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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF
It's kind of hard to get into a book that doesn't refer to the main characters by their actual names but by their occupation. Not only that but it just feels like the author had a bunch of ideas for this book, couldn't decide on one, so just mashed them all together and the result was...whatever this was supposed to be.
It's kind of hard to get into a book that doesn't refer to the main characters by their actual names but by their occupation. Not only that but it just feels like the author had a bunch of ideas for this book, couldn't decide on one, so just mashed them all together and the result was...whatever this was supposed to be.
Why did this have to end?
This is a great novel and the characters are well fleshed out, real and flawed but so very likeable. If you're anything like me you'll be sad to see this end and left wondering what will happen to all these lovely ladies.
Also - having just read [b:The Power|29751398|The Power|Naomi Alderman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462814013s/29751398.jpg|50108451] I feel like the current administration in the US has changed literature, it's frightening to think that electing one misogynist asshole could make Margaret Atwood's 'Gilead' or the world of Alderman's and Zumas' books seem like an eventuality. I feel hopeful for the country though as long as feminists like these three authors recognize the potential and call it out for us so that we can get angry and be motivated to effect change.
Anyhooots... You may not getting the feeling that this is a feminist manifesto, maybe that's just me, but in that context, and as a good read, this really worked for me.
This is a great novel and the characters are well fleshed out, real and flawed but so very likeable. If you're anything like me you'll be sad to see this end and left wondering what will happen to all these lovely ladies.
Also - having just read [b:The Power|29751398|The Power|Naomi Alderman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462814013s/29751398.jpg|50108451] I feel like the current administration in the US has changed literature, it's frightening to think that electing one misogynist asshole could make Margaret Atwood's 'Gilead' or the world of Alderman's and Zumas' books seem like an eventuality. I feel hopeful for the country though as long as feminists like these three authors recognize the potential and call it out for us so that we can get angry and be motivated to effect change.
Anyhooots... You may not getting the feeling that this is a feminist manifesto, maybe that's just me, but in that context, and as a good read, this really worked for me.
a rough book. I first tried the audiobook version but gave up. The style is definitely not right for an audiobook. But I struggled with the paperback version too as the content is difficult, especially given the current times and state of abortion rights. As a passionate supporter of a woman's right to choose, I believe that government should not have a voice when it comes to a woman's decision regarding her own body and her reproductive choices. So this novel, which is set in an alternative reality where abortion and in vitro fertilization are illegal and punishments are harsh, is painful to read especially as, never in my lifetime, have we been as close to this "alternate reality" as right now. a fact which horrifies me.
The novel follows 4 female characters at various life stages: a wife and mother who is regretting some of the limitations these roles have placed on her, an author and teacher who is single and desperately wants a child, a teenager who finds herself pregnant and unprepared, and an outcast who provides natural herb mixtures and healing advice to those who seek her out. These women come alive to us as each one deals with her own decisions and the affect that society and the political climate is having on each of them. Interspersed among these lives is the history of a rare female Arctic explorer whose own feelings are less clear but whose story leaves the reader to contemplate on how each individual life impacts the world around them and what we all leave behind. All together, I found the book thoughtful if rather jerky, stylistically.
The novel follows 4 female characters at various life stages: a wife and mother who is regretting some of the limitations these roles have placed on her, an author and teacher who is single and desperately wants a child, a teenager who finds herself pregnant and unprepared, and an outcast who provides natural herb mixtures and healing advice to those who seek her out. These women come alive to us as each one deals with her own decisions and the affect that society and the political climate is having on each of them. Interspersed among these lives is the history of a rare female Arctic explorer whose own feelings are less clear but whose story leaves the reader to contemplate on how each individual life impacts the world around them and what we all leave behind. All together, I found the book thoughtful if rather jerky, stylistically.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5* This was pretty good but I found myself bored at times. Like a closer to current times handmaids tale.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Crazy that half of the narrators meant nothing
Idk it felt very much like a book written during the trump presidency BECAUSE of the trump presidency
I will say though the writing surrounding the daughter feeling like the fetus was an invader and the feeling of having an unwanted pregnancy was incredibly accurate, at least to my experience
Idk it felt very much like a book written during the trump presidency BECAUSE of the trump presidency
I will say though the writing surrounding the daughter feeling like the fetus was an invader and the feeling of having an unwanted pregnancy was incredibly accurate, at least to my experience
I initially wasn't sure that I'd like or finish this book, but probably 1/4 way in it changed for me and I got pulled into the story that is a not so far off feeling dystopia of reproductive restrictions.
I got sucked into the story pretty quickly. I liked the different perspectives, showing how these women are affected and even subsumed by expectations around motherhood, both biologically and culturally. The laws in force in Red Clocks are entirely plausible, which is terrifying. And even without them, the pressure and scrutiny women already experience around motherhood are totally real. People already think they get to have an opinion about our bodies and wombs and family plans, even without (for now) draconian legislation.