The America in which Vox is set had an election and the new President took society back centuries using new technologies. The America in which Vox is set hasn’t been hit by some undisclosed bio-weapon, there’s been no war, no sickness, no alien invasion. I also think that it’s not so hard to imagine that this could happen. Vox most definitely does that and I’m not sure if I find it so disturbing because I am one who would be directly affected by the world Dalcher has created or if it’s a more general fear. I think that dystopian is quite a disturbing genre, it’s a genre that looks into the future and re-imagines the world a little – and never in a good way.
Vox is a near future dystopian novel that disturbed me in a way that many have not. There is also a quote from Elle “A petrifying re-imagining of The Handmaid’s Tale” and that is one that I can’t comment on because I haven’t read (or watched) The Handmaid’s Tale. The front cover of my copy has a quote from Prima “This book will blow your mind” and I completely agree. This was one of the most disturbing books that I have read in a while. I finished reading late last night and it has still been rolling around in my head. I have been totally immersed in Vox for the last couple of days and it’s a book that has stayed with me long after the book has been put down.
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