A review by katymm
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

4.0

I read this book with some trepidation because I was worried it was going to be another half-baked reproductive rights dystopia like Louise Erdrich’s awful Future Home of the Living God. Fortunately, I enjoyed reading Red Clocks. The universe of the novel is the same as the present aside from a complete lack of reproductive rights (abortion, IVF, adoption for singles). Zumas doesn’t need to imagine a far-off reality for the US; instead she follows Republican lawmakers’ fantasies to their logical conclusions. The story is told from the perspectives of four different women who are each affected by the new laws and their narratives complement each other well.