Breathe To Read

Breathe To Read

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Book: Vox

 Book: Vox

Author: Christina Dalcher

Pages: 352


This is my 188th read for the year

This is the story of Dr. Jean McClellan.  She and all the other women in the US have been limited to speaking 100 hours a day.  They wear bracelets that if they go over that number they get an electric shock.  They are not allowed to hold jobs, to read or write.  Dr. McClellan is then approached by the government to develop a serum for the president's brother who was in an accident.  She is freed from her bracelet for the time she is working.  And as she starts her work with her team, she discovers what is truly going on and begins to formulate a plan to fight back.

I wanted to like this book more than I did.  I liked the idea of it when I picked it up, but it isn't well written.  It reads more like Handmaid's Tale fan fiction than a stand alone novel.  The use of the word "Babe" was very overdone.  Too much foul language that just seemed off in the context of the story.  It felt so disjointed.  Didn't care for any of the characters.  

Stars: 2 



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