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The Power by Naomi Alderman

January 29, 2018

The Power by Naomi Alderman

  It’s not too surprising that there is a flood of fiction hitting the market these days about women and their responses to generations of systemic subjugation and abuse. Maybe it's time for a new genre—vengeance fiction? Whatever the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, dystopia, Little Brown and Company, science fiction, women

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

January 26, 2018

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

  From the very beginning reading Red Clocks is like looking through a very grimy window. Everything is tinged with dirt and difficult to see, much less see clearly. Four women, each speaking in alternating chapters and never revealing their ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, dystopia, literary, Little Brown and Company, Pacific Northwest, women

Dystopian Summer: Mini-Reviews

August 3, 2017

Dystopian Summer: Mini-Reviews

The title of this post might make you think I’m alluding to the dumpster fire that is current American politics, but you’d be wrong. Although the generalized anxiety so many of us are feeling is likely caused by the chaos, I’m only referring to two ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: dystopia, Riverhead Books, science fiction, Vintage

Gather the Daughters

July 26, 2017

Gather the Daughters

  Initially, it’s difficult to tell the time period in Jennie Melamed’s novel, Gather the Daughters. It is life on an island with little in the way of modern conveniences—no indoor plumbing, no electricity, no weapons beyond knives and a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, dystopia, Little Brown and Company, women

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