VOX by Christina Dalcher
Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you’re a woman . Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and seventy million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young girls are no longer taught to read or write. For herself, her daughter, and for every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. This is only the beginning… I was really intrigued by the synopsis of debut novel Vox which is a dystopian novel which sees religious rights enforce their beliefs that females should not be allowed to speak over 100 words which they enforce by fitting all females even young children with wrist counters that clock up the words spoken. Women have had to give up their jobs to stay at home and look after their families. Our main character is Dr Jean McClellan w...