Vox
1983 • 337 pages

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Average rating3.4

15

Vox is dystopian America where women can only use 100 words a day, and are heavily policed. Jean is an Italian-American woman whose life has been irrevocably tore in two by this law. Her life before was full as a neuro-linguist, married with four children. Now she feels adrift in life as she struggles to live her new life.

I'm not going to share anything else about the plot because I want you to pick this book up as I did, completely blind as to the details. I devoured the book in a day and I could not wait for the next chapter, the next clue as so what was going to happen. I don't think I really knew what was going to happen next at any point through the book. All of the chapters are short, and really kept me engaged with every page turn.

I didn't expect to love this, because it was similar in concept to The Power by Naomi Alderman. However, this book was executed in the way I expected The Power to be, so it suited me much more. I'd really like to read more of this type of story, so I will have to keep a lookout.

January 15, 2019