Release Date: August 21, 2018
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 336 pages
Source: Netgalley
Description from GoodReads: "Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter.
On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than 100 words daily, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial--this can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her.
This is just the beginning.
Soon women can no longer hold jobs. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard.
But this is not the end.
For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice."
Rating: 4 stars
Entertainment Value: 5
Characterization: 4
Voice/POV: 3
Storyline/Plot: 4
Overall: 4 stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I blew through it and it was an entertaining ride! In Vox, the “Pure” religion has taken over the United States government and pretty much destroyed any semblance of women’s rights. Women have been silenced and as such they cannot work and are in complete submission to their fathers or husbands.
I loved the storyline and it had me feeling really righteously angry as a woman - as intended. However, I kind of hated everyone in the book. I obviously was super resentful toward the government, the men who let this happen, the boys who were enjoying it… But then (spoiler? It’s early on you find out) Jean was having an affair. I hate that she was having an affair. Why does feminism always have to be about having affairs? And without giving anything away, there was a point in the novel when I felt she should have been remorseful for that and she wasn’t. Maybe she was too bitter at that point? I mean I can hardly blame her for being bitter… That being said, even though almost everyone in the book was grating on me, they were very real and complex characters that grow and evolve.
I could have done without some of the politics. I’m pretty moderate politically and I hate when people act like their political view or political party is 100% always right and the other view/party is the devil. It’s not that black and white.
But all in all, I enjoyed the idea and the plot and it definitely kept me hooked throughout! You need this book if you like The Handmaid’s Tale or women’s fiction.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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