A review by zbrarian
The Meadows by Stephanie Oakes

4.0

A queer, dystopian novel that focuses on the world of conversion therapy and how no matter what "they" do, they cannot force people to change. Set in a world that has "changed": "the straight, way is the right way", when in actuality the world was damaged due to major climate change. The story goes back and forth between the time Eleanor spent at The Meadows, being "retrained", to her current life as an adjudicator, living with the trauma that has been inflicted on her in the past, seeking out her friends and loved ones from The Meadows, running from a world where nothing is what it appears. There were time when the story dragged, maybe due to the in depth world building. It was an intriguing story, one for those who enjoy Handmaid's Tale stories.