The Quickening is a dystopian read which leaves you questioning our own society, how we got here and how it could have all been so different.
The novel imagines the re-building of society after a lot of unrest (pandemic, nuclear war, anything sound familiar to you here?!) and a particular group of women who step up to lead the new society.
Two main voices narrate the plot which allows us to get a wider view of what's going on, good and bad.
Of course in a dystopian novel we don't expect perfect worlds, moral exemplars or anything of the sort, so brace yourself for an extremist take on a potential future which isn't the feminism many of us are striving for in the real 2022, and I feel the author's intent to shock was pretty clear although I read some reviews expecting a feminist ideal.
Instead, it's pretty scary, but addictive reading all the same, especially if you like your novels dark, thought-provoking and with a certain shock factor.
The novel imagines the re-building of society after a lot of unrest (pandemic, nuclear war, anything sound familiar to you here?!) and a particular group of women who step up to lead the new society.
Two main voices narrate the plot which allows us to get a wider view of what's going on, good and bad.
Of course in a dystopian novel we don't expect perfect worlds, moral exemplars or anything of the sort, so brace yourself for an extremist take on a potential future which isn't the feminism many of us are striving for in the real 2022, and I feel the author's intent to shock was pretty clear although I read some reviews expecting a feminist ideal.
Instead, it's pretty scary, but addictive reading all the same, especially if you like your novels dark, thought-provoking and with a certain shock factor.