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Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
Summary:
Red Clocks follows five women living in a near-future United States where embryos are given rights to person and property from the moment of conception, making abortion and IVF illegal. We follow the Biographer, a women desperate to have a child, the Mother, a woman desperate to leave her husband, the Daughter, a girl desperate to terminate her pregnancy, and the Mender, a woman who provides healing and terminations in secrecy to the town. I listened to Red Clocks on audiobook via Scribd.
Characters 5/5:
Every character in this novel was absolutely fascinating. They were all flawed and complicated and messy but they all had such soul and vibrancy that they jumped off the page. I cared so much about all their conflicting goals and problems and I was so invested that I listened to this pretty quickly.
Plot 5/5:
The plot was horrifyingly realistic, and there were many moments were my jaw was absolutely on the floor. It was well crafted, carefully thought out, with the interconnections between the characters drawing parallels and complications in a very artful way. I don't really know how to say much more about the plot without spoiling it, but it was incredibly well done.
Setting and atmosphere 4/5:
The setting is very clever, with its subtle changes from current times in a way that is so realistic and poignant that it really sticks with you. It relies somewhat on the reader having knowledge of some current political events, but its also easy to understand and well develops what it would be like to live in this time period.
Writing style 5/5:
Sometimes very horrifying and invasively detailed, the writing style really builds the feeling of helplessness experienced by these characters in a world where people should theoretically have autonomy. The sentences are often short and very lyrical but not necessarily in a beautiful way, but in a way that sometimes leaves you feeling violated, very much like the characters. Some people may find the writing style off-putting, but I definitely believe it is meant to leave you ill at ease and it achieves that goal.
I think this book is an important read, even if it might be confronting or hard to get through at times. It's very poignant and explores a lot of different perspectives in this scenario which I really appreciated. I think it was incredibly well done and I would definitely recommend it.
Red Clocks follows five women living in a near-future United States where embryos are given rights to person and property from the moment of conception, making abortion and IVF illegal. We follow the Biographer, a women desperate to have a child, the Mother, a woman desperate to leave her husband, the Daughter, a girl desperate to terminate her pregnancy, and the Mender, a woman who provides healing and terminations in secrecy to the town. I listened to Red Clocks on audiobook via Scribd.
Characters 5/5:
Every character in this novel was absolutely fascinating. They were all flawed and complicated and messy but they all had such soul and vibrancy that they jumped off the page. I cared so much about all their conflicting goals and problems and I was so invested that I listened to this pretty quickly.
Plot 5/5:
The plot was horrifyingly realistic, and there were many moments were my jaw was absolutely on the floor. It was well crafted, carefully thought out, with the interconnections between the characters drawing parallels and complications in a very artful way. I don't really know how to say much more about the plot without spoiling it, but it was incredibly well done.
Setting and atmosphere 4/5:
The setting is very clever, with its subtle changes from current times in a way that is so realistic and poignant that it really sticks with you. It relies somewhat on the reader having knowledge of some current political events, but its also easy to understand and well develops what it would be like to live in this time period.
Writing style 5/5:
Sometimes very horrifying and invasively detailed, the writing style really builds the feeling of helplessness experienced by these characters in a world where people should theoretically have autonomy. The sentences are often short and very lyrical but not necessarily in a beautiful way, but in a way that sometimes leaves you feeling violated, very much like the characters. Some people may find the writing style off-putting, but I definitely believe it is meant to leave you ill at ease and it achieves that goal.
I think this book is an important read, even if it might be confronting or hard to get through at times. It's very poignant and explores a lot of different perspectives in this scenario which I really appreciated. I think it was incredibly well done and I would definitely recommend it.