Vox Book Reviews

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So much promise. I LOVED this book. The first 750 pages were amazing but I started to panic as I noticed my pages left were dwindling. How could we possibly finish this story in only 200 pages? There’s no way.. I even told my friend “there must be a sequel!” There’s not. The author completely gave up on writing and shoved a movies worth of action into 200 very short e-pages. My stomach dropped and my brain shuffled as I worked to figure out what was happening. The major plot points glossed over with a lackluster flair. The author brags it only took 2 months to write this book; I’m assuming it was 9 weeks on the begging and maybe a week for the end. Do yourself a favor & save yourself from the disappointment that is this book.

Good book!. Very good book, but I wish they’d taken more time with the ending. It was a bit abrupt. Overall, a good read.

Highly recommended. It’s a really good read! Was hooked by the end of the sample reading, finished it in only a few days because I couldn’t put it down.

Vox (Christina Dalcher). In the era of Trump, the alt-right and Christian fundamentalism, Dalchers neo-feminist thriller is chilling. It reads like a worthy companion novel to The Handmaids Tale given a similar premise but a novel form of oppression.

Amazing. Scary and amazing. When good men do nothing...

Moral of the story: Women should blame religious conservatives for their problems.. Before I start ranting about everything wrong with this book, I just want to take a moment to mention it’s 1 redeeming quality: it’s a quick read. And now... While Dread Nation was cashing in on social relevance, and Children of Blood and Bone was riding the success of Black Panther (although the hype surrounding it kind of hid that fact). Vox one-ups them by doing both at the same time. Capitalizing on feminism, and unashamedly riding the success of The Handmaid’s Tale. When I explained the premise of Vox to a coworker of mine, even she said: “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.” Yep, a girl said that. Her exact words. Women are only allowed to speak 100 words per day, and exceeding that limit results in an electric shock from a mechanical wristband keeping track of said words. ...and that’s about as far as the story concept went. The author knew she wanted to write a story about women being oppressed, which is fine. But seriously? THAT’S what you came up with. This book would’ve been better off going with some Planet of the Apes style nonsense, where the protagonist finds herself in a new land where women aren’t just oppressed, but are full on enslaved. If anything it would’ve been more exciting. And yet somehow, the basic premise of the story isn’t even its biggest flaw. The world building in this is unbelievable, and not in the good way. I mean it’s literally NOT believable. Even ignoring the absurdity that our society would allow such a drastic change in civil rights given our current real world views, it’s world building at its absolute worst. And for those of you who are saying “but it’s not our world, it’s a dystopian society,” keep reading. The first half of this book is littered with pop culture references, from FIOS to the iPhone, from South Park to Pokémon Go. It even throws in real life historical events such as the Nazis and Rwanda. Having all of these real world inclusions only breaks down the illusion of a dystopian society. I think it’s fair to say that if women’s speech we’re limited to such an extreme, we wouldn’t have a lot of the things we enjoy today and history would’ve played out a lot differently. It’s almost like, instead of actually taking the time to world build, the author just decided to take our real world and give it a new reality. Except her new reality doesn’t make sense within the world she’s trying to fit it into. (I think that made sense). Also, a side-note that was just kind of bugging me: If the church, and/or a religious faction, were able to amass so much power as to be able to remove the constitutional rights of women, I’m pretty sure, of all things, South Park probably wouldn’t be around anymore. Given the timeframe this book is coming out, I don’t doubt it will be a success. But I do believe it will be for the wrong reasons.

Incredible.. Was everything I have ever looked for in a book. Impossible to put down and had me latched on throughout the whole plot.

Better than flash fiction but.... Story and premise are thought provoking, if not plausible(?). Pretty decent character and plot development. 3 stars as I feel, particularly for a linguist, the scatological language was distracting and unnecessary.

Needed another 50 pages.. I liked this book, great concept and an enjoyable quick pace...but I felt the end was completely rushed and so much was left out. I was left with “uh...ok?” wondering why it all fell apart.

So appropriate for Today!. This book is very well written! The basic ideas in the book are very appropriate for the political climate in our country today. As responsible citizens in our country we must always look at our choices and reason with our head. We must cut through all the political garbage and find the truth about these people we elect. They make life changing decisions for the people. The decisions MUST be for the good of the population, not for their own political and personal good! The will of the people must remain true! If we are harming one aspect of our population, then it is not a good decision. We must respect each other! This book is terrifying, it could happen in our country!

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