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Mar 21, 2018 Ashley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: women-s-studies, fiction-novels-plays-stories, fun, book-clubs

This book is phenomenal— thought provoking, beautifully written, and haunting. In many ways it’s the 21st century inheritor of HANDMAID’S TALE but all the more shocking for how like our world it looks. A terrifying and inspiring read for this political moment. I appreciated, too, that all the women in the book are allowed to be complex and ambivalent characters, neither likable nor unlikeable. Just human.

As someone who doesn’t have and doesn’t want children, is recently divorced, and also stari ...more

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Feb 21, 2018 angeleen rated it really liked it

Shelves: netgalley

I really enjoyed Red Clocks. I was skeptical at first based on the description. I expected a kind of rip-off of "The Handmaid's Tale" with more value-signaling and allegory than plot and character development. After seeing great reviews, I started reading it. I was immediately drawn in by the writing style and the way the book is organized. The story is told by four different female narrators with the biography of an historical Arctic explorer (also a woman) interspersed between their chapters. ...more

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Jul 29, 2018 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: or-reads, fiction, booking-ahead-bcl, gifted

Having heard the premise, I hesitated to read. Too much scary reality right now to need it in fiction. However, the characters she creates kept the story grounded and the ending keeps you hopeful. Lot of comparisons made to The Handmaid's Tale. Though I love Atwood, I really enjoyed this more because it wasn't so defeatist. ...more

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