A review by hannahlee
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

4.0

I loved this. I expected a pacey, plot-dense kind of dystopian novel, but what Zumas has created is so character-driven, so quiet and believable, that it really took me by surprise in the best possible way. She explores the day-to-day, almost mundane details of very real-seeming women living in a world where their reproductive rights have been stripped away. There is no vast conspiracy, no headlong mission to escape - there is just the daily grind of trying to assert your own personhood and achieve your desires in a world that has limited you. It's surprisingly quiet and gradual, but absolutely gripping and beautifully written, as well.