Imagine a world where woman are limited to a minuscule 100 words per day, where little girls are not spoken to by their mothers, where women are not permitted to and little girls are not taught to read or write.  This is the world that main character, neurolinguist, Dr. Jean McClellan exists.  Should she or any other female, of any age, choose to test the limits of this governmental decree, they will succumb to physical pain in the form of electric shock dealt by the “word tracker” secured to their wrists.  Vox is a dystopian thriller that will leave you stunned.  This chilling tale of an eerily recognizable future is perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Naomi Alderman’s The Power.

Hesse is a Washington Post reporter who writes about a series of fires set to (more…)