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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Brilliant, powerful, deliberately disturbing and overtly political. Each of the female archetypes is distinct and Leni Zumas weaves their stories together masterfully. Beautifully written, I found this (scarily) credible, thought-provoking and wonderfully engaging.
I loved this book!! A beautifully written piece of fiction on womanhood.
Seeks to be the new Handmaid's Tale - falls short of that mark by miles.
Try-hard attempt at literary fiction - devices and sentences are contrived.
Characters still manage to be endearing.
Try-hard attempt at literary fiction - devices and sentences are contrived.
Characters still manage to be endearing.
In near-future America, the Personhood Amendment has granted legal rights to unborn embryos, thus outlawing abortion and IVF. Also, the "Every Child Needs Two" Act is about to pass, preventing unmarried people from adopting. It sets the scene for a fascinating intersection of five women's lives -- four in the present, and one a century earlier -- that has a David Mitchell-esque feel to the plot structure and tone. I enjoyed it immensely while being horrified by how plausible this dystopian vision is.
Took me awhile to settle into "the wife" "the daughter" etc but loved this book. Obvious but well done story of women.
Wow this book!
Five woman in different stages of life in a world where abortion is now illegal and charged as murder. Four of the characters are living in this time period where it is illegal to get an abortion it is about to be illegal to adopt a baby if there are not two parents to raise said baby.
The whole time I was reading this I was blown away at how close to our current political state we are to this book not being completely fiction. I found the four women we follow so very fascinating. I felt like I connected with each and every one of them.
The only reason why I knocked this down from a five star is because of the women not supporting women and the fifth character who we were only getting snippets from the book one of our other characters was writing.
I think that this is the type of thing that more young women and older women need to read so that we as women can stand up for each other. I will definitely be looking into more works from this author.
Five woman in different stages of life in a world where abortion is now illegal and charged as murder. Four of the characters are living in this time period where it is illegal to get an abortion it is about to be illegal to adopt a baby if there are not two parents to raise said baby.
The whole time I was reading this I was blown away at how close to our current political state we are to this book not being completely fiction. I found the four women we follow so very fascinating. I felt like I connected with each and every one of them.
The only reason why I knocked this down from a five star is because of the women not supporting women and the fifth character who we were only getting snippets from the book one of our other characters was writing.
I think that this is the type of thing that more young women and older women need to read so that we as women can stand up for each other. I will definitely be looking into more works from this author.
Me and Eddie were mooching around in the Gower St Waterstones when I bought this one. I sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed by All Of The Books I Want To Read when I'm in a nice bookshop so I found a quiet corner and Googled 'Books like Power by Naomi Alderman' (one of my favourite books potentially ever), this was recommended, and I went and located it. I liked this book - I think I perhaps expected a bit more plot, but in hindsight the meandering slow story was enough to highlight the differing dilemmas and consequences of an America where abortion isn't legal. I didn't totally get the bits that were written as excerpts from the historical woman, but I really enjoyed the style of prose of the rest.
DNF at 12%
I tried to listen to the audiobook but I just couldn't get into it. The writing style was too distant and weird and confusing. I don't know, I think the idea is super interesting but it wasn't executed in the right way.
I tried to listen to the audiobook but I just couldn't get into it. The writing style was too distant and weird and confusing. I don't know, I think the idea is super interesting but it wasn't executed in the right way.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I had seen this book everywhere on Instagram and Twitter and really liked the premise. Despite them scaring the bejesus out of me, I really like dystopian novels and this one sounded excellent.
I love love love the cover design. It's so simple and it's just diamonds but you know exactly what it's supposed to represent. I also like the trend in book design at the minute for handwritten font. I like the raw and organic feel it gives to a book's design.
In this world abortion is illegal and women are sent to prison for murder even for just asking for an abortion. Women try to cross the border to Canada for terminations, only to find they’re arrested and tried in their home state for murder.
Red Clocks is about five women and how their lives are affected by this change. As the novel goes on, their lives become connected. But this is five out of over 100 million women in America. You could probably write hundreds of books set in this world. The life of every single woman is affected. Even to the point that single women wouldn’t be able to go adopt or go through IVF. Is it any better for children to have two parents?
It’s different to other dystopian novels in that it’s not too far from where we are now. It’s not like The Handmaid’s Tale or The Power, where everything is completely different, where some supernatural phenomenon or war has changed society. In making abortion illegal it affects everyones lives in a new way. Their choice, their rights to their bodies was taken away from them. It’s a scary world, a slippery slope that would lead to a world like The Handmaid’s Tale.
A truly chilling warning and one world I hope to never be a part of.
I had seen this book everywhere on Instagram and Twitter and really liked the premise. Despite them scaring the bejesus out of me, I really like dystopian novels and this one sounded excellent.
I love love love the cover design. It's so simple and it's just diamonds but you know exactly what it's supposed to represent. I also like the trend in book design at the minute for handwritten font. I like the raw and organic feel it gives to a book's design.
In this world abortion is illegal and women are sent to prison for murder even for just asking for an abortion. Women try to cross the border to Canada for terminations, only to find they’re arrested and tried in their home state for murder.
Red Clocks is about five women and how their lives are affected by this change. As the novel goes on, their lives become connected. But this is five out of over 100 million women in America. You could probably write hundreds of books set in this world. The life of every single woman is affected. Even to the point that single women wouldn’t be able to go adopt or go through IVF. Is it any better for children to have two parents?
It’s different to other dystopian novels in that it’s not too far from where we are now. It’s not like The Handmaid’s Tale or The Power, where everything is completely different, where some supernatural phenomenon or war has changed society. In making abortion illegal it affects everyones lives in a new way. Their choice, their rights to their bodies was taken away from them. It’s a scary world, a slippery slope that would lead to a world like The Handmaid’s Tale.
A truly chilling warning and one world I hope to never be a part of.