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tildafin16 's review for:
Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
Thus far, my favourite book of 2018. I was lucky enough to meet Leni Zumas at Edinburgh Book Festival this August where she signed her book for me; I think I almost then put off reading it because I was scared it wouldn’t live up to expectations - however it did and more. Whilst I realise that there are connections with the work of Atwood in much of the current wave of writing on female experience , I feel this work very much stands on its own and has its own points to make. The characters here are living in an easily imaginable America , not far off into the future at all, where abortion is a criminal act and only couples can adopt. Just these two changes act as a catalyst for the exploration of female experience from different perspectives - wife, daughter, potential mother, ‘witch’ - and explore the question on the cover - ‘what is a woman for?’
The writing is clear and beautiful , and the characterisation is tender and memorable. So much of this book resonated with my own experiences and I will be thinking of this novel for a long time.
The writing is clear and beautiful , and the characterisation is tender and memorable. So much of this book resonated with my own experiences and I will be thinking of this novel for a long time.