A review by thecozyarchivist
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

2.0

I mean, I loved The Handmaids Tale but this felt like bad fanfiction. Each character had at least two different names which got extremely confusing, and it added nothing to the story. I also really disliked that we focused mostly on the Biographer who is a single woman who wants a baby. I couldn’t help but wonder why she’s wanting to bring a baby into this terrible world. It felt like a weird take and honestly she just came across as annoying. Overall this felt like a book trying to ride the wave of feminist books that came out after the 2016 election, but it doesn’t add anything new to the discussion.