Vox meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this feminist reimagining of 1984
In Oceania, whoever you are, Big Brother is always watching you and trust is a luxury that no one has. Julia is the seemingly perfect example of what women in Oceania should be: dutiful, useful, subservient, meek. But Julia hides a secret. A secret that would lead to her death if it is discovered. For Julia is part of the underground movement called The Sisterhood, whose main goal is to find members of The Brotherhood, the anti-Party vigilante group, and help them to overthrow Big Brother. Only then can everyone be truly free.
When Julia thinks she’s found a potential member of The Brotherhood, it seems like their goal might finally be in their grasp. But as she gets closer to Winston Smith, Julia’s past starts to catch up with her and we soon realise that she has many more secrets than we’d first imagined – and that overthrowing Big Brother might cost her everything – but if you have nothing left to lose then you don’t mind playing the game . . .
This is a story about love, about family, about being a woman, a mother, a sister, a friend and ultimately about what you would sacrifice for the greater good.
Big brothers not just watching you - he’s controlling your every move!! I really enjoyed this book, I found that I was quickly into the story and liked our main character Julia.
She seemed a bit of a rebel and I liked the way that the story told us not just what was happening now but also what happened in the past when she was Juliet.
Some of her scenes were so hard and even harder when you have to try to mask your emotion as every flinch is being watched and reviewed, even when she had no idea it was happening!
I wasn’t really sure where the storyline was headed but loved the way it all pieced together and then became clear what needed to happen. I thought the ending was just brilliant. You can grab a copy here #Aff
Huge thank you to Random Things Tours & Katherine Bradley for allowing me to take part in the blog tour in exchange for a free honest review.
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