![]() ![]() The characters, especially Jean McClellan were inspiring to read about. The writing flowed naturally and with short chapters, it felt quite urgent and exciting too. I love a good dystopian novel and this one had me raging, not only at the insinuation that women needed all these measures in places to be loyal to their husbands and god, but to think that a government even thought of silencing half of the population, who did they think they were? I’m sure if this was to be announced in real-life there would be so much backlash that it would never get through, but that is the greatness of books in that the author can make anything she wants to come alive in her novel. To monitor their words they have to wear bracelets that keep track of how many words they have said, go over the 100 words and a painful electric shock is the response. ![]() The changes came one at a time, beginning with females not allowed passports, then their jobs were taken, as well as their books and phones. Vox is a dystopian novel set in the USA where the female population has been silenced to just 100 words a day. ![]()
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