Title: Vox
Author: Christina Dalcher
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian
Think of the number of words you say in a given day. How would having a limit affect how you use them? In Christina Dalcher's book, Vox, America's latest political regime has decreed that females are not allowed more than 100 words per day - a far cry from the average 16,000 words they were used to. Add to that, women no longer have the same rights as men. Girls are no longer taught the same subjects. The new dichotomy for the sexes is clear, cold, and unforgiving.
For Dr. Jean McClellan, a woman who has spent her life researching a cure for brain/speech issues, abiding by these new rules is especially hard. She and her fellow scientists were close to a cure, but she was forced to abandon her work - until the brother of the religious leader touting the changes has a problem with being able to talk.
Will Jean help the man who is responsible for so much pain? Can she find her voice and a voice for the rest of the female nation before it is silenced altogether? Pick up Vox at your local library to see.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes novels about dystopian futures - and especially for those who enjoyed Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
For Dr. Jean McClellan, a woman who has spent her life researching a cure for brain/speech issues, abiding by these new rules is especially hard. She and her fellow scientists were close to a cure, but she was forced to abandon her work - until the brother of the religious leader touting the changes has a problem with being able to talk.
Will Jean help the man who is responsible for so much pain? Can she find her voice and a voice for the rest of the female nation before it is silenced altogether? Pick up Vox at your local library to see.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes novels about dystopian futures - and especially for those who enjoyed Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
- Sarah R.
