VOX: One of the most talked about dystopian fiction books and Sunday Times best sellers

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After the initial setup, the story transitions more into a typical race against time thriller. Unfortunately that’s where I also started to lose interest. The premise is fantastic, but the espionage was cheesy and not particularly well written. For one the cast of villains aren’t bombastic enough or interesting enough. There’s an evil minister who goes around punishing people but he felt hokey and his position didn’t always make sense. Throughout the entire book we just get one side of the coin and I still ask myself the question: Why did they even decide that the words of women should be counted? To make them docile and obedient? Is that really the only motive? I have no clue where Dalcher wanted to go with this book, what the government actually planned to do or where the plot was supposed to head and this left me even more confused. I thought it was interesting to explore and fun and helps with reading. As a 4th Grader I think it helps improve your reading and helps find interesting books, it is very fun I’m sure the app will be a success. 4th Grader There is a chilling moment which I can't quote exactly since I had an uncorrected proof, where the comment is made that the final decisions were made about taking voices away WHEN they started marching. Shiver.

Vox” is an extremely well written dystopian novel with a powerhouse of a premise. Admittedly, it is horribly scary and at times, my heart caught in my throat and was beating so fast, I had to put the book aside and remind myself to breath. Truthfully, I, for one, cannot imagine not being able to speak, send text messages or read! A little known fact about me: I won “Most Talkative” as a Senior Superlative in High School (26.5 years ago mind you).. and texting well.. I don’t talk much nowadays but I do text a lot.. so I’d be zapped like crazy. And reading, well, I can’t bear to think about it. Vox is lazy on detail, whether of the geopolitical variety which isn't that necessary, or the sensory details of how a household or neighborhood would change under the pall of an American theocracy which I felt were necessary. I didn't buy the conceit of the novel at all. "We never thought it could happen here, until 2016 ..." is how the author might respond, but as a reader, I wasn't convinced. A natural disaster, economic depression or plague might possibly turn the country toward a religious state, but as we've seen, a white nationalist stooge despised by half the country isn't nearly enough. I needed more engines failing on the plane and more reason to care when they did. this book is two things - it’s a cautionary tale about noninvolvement/nonparticipation, about ignoring the signs and the trends until it’s too late, and it’s also an author with a doctorate in theoretical linguistics having herself a “what if” party about excising language from 1/2 of the population. I have a developed sense or rightfulness so when there is something that steps on the basic laws of universal right I grow a pair of horns and some sharp claws and start raging on.The sound player is generally warrantied against defect or unplanned obsolescence for 18 months. That is, should the player not operate or charge as expected, Library Ideas® will offer a free equivalent replacement of the entire VOX Book within the first 18 months after shipment to the customer. The warranty does not cover obvious abuse to the device or things like weather, water or fire damage. The mere idea of women not being allowed to speak is gruesome and I don’t even want to imagine that a world like that might actually be possible. The idea and the plot sound intriguing though, so I can’t help but wonder what Christina Dalcher made of it.

Soon women can no longer hold jobs. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard.I love that the mechanism doesn’t inhibit your ability to read the book on its own because all of the books we tried were good in and of themselves, so we were able to enjoy reading them many times without the books “talking” to us too. Thank you @ChardonSchFound for finding our new Vox Books for Kindergarten! These nonfiction, high interest, pre-recorded stories are the perfect learning facilitator for our budding readers! Kelly What happens when the country's leading linguist happens to be a woman and is called out of her forced retirement by the President himself? What does he want from Dr. Jean McClellan, a mother of four and our fearless narrator? Well, that my friends is the story. An anti-women future you say? A future where the white man can have all the power he wants and the rest must, but must, comply or else? Oh my God yes, sign me up for this shit, I’m about to lose my mind. There's a lot of science/academic techno-jargon in the book that's totally unnecessary too and mires down the action and took me out of the story too many times.

For readers' advisors: story doorway is primary, character and setting are secondary. There is quite a bit of profanity, some sex, and some violence. Plenty to talk about for book clubs. Good choice for fans of The Handmaid's Tale or Future Home of the Living God. You have no idea ladies. No goddamned idea. We're on a slippery slide to prehistory girls. Think about it...Think about words like 'spousal permission' and 'paternal consent.' Think about waking up one morning and finding you don't have a voice in anything." English language specialist Suzan Racchetto-Madrigal received a CapED grant to buy the VOX bilingual books for New Horizons Dual Language Magnet Elementary School. Author: Shirah Matsuzawa Rainbow Weaver, My Shoes and I, and Book Fiesta—those are just some of the VOX... read more Dearborn Public Library Offers Literacy Kits To Families, Students The average person speaks 16,000 words per day. But what if women were limited to just 100?”and it's not in Iran, or Arab countries, but in the US itself. This book teaches the importance of using your voice, women's representation in government and society needing to be noticed, the need for equality across the board, otherwise, if voices aren't used, change can hardly happen. This book offers a stark reality of what might happen without women's voices, without protest or discussion, or without those protesting on women's behalf.... something Dr Jean McClellan faces first hand.When I walk to our read-along shelves, I find that the VOX book side is nearly or even completely empty and the books + CD side is always full. That compelling visual speaks to the success and popularity of VOX books as a format that resonates with today’s parents and young readers. We will definitely add more VOX books to our collection. Scarlett Fisher-Herreman But now THEY need Jean's help, her expertise. At first, she tells them she won’t help them, but then they make her another offer….one she doesn’t know if she can refuse. Soooo, women of the USA... imagine that the government has decided that you are only allowed 100 words a day. That all the men around you can speak/read/sign ALL THE WORDS they want, but you get 100 in each 24 hour span. Just think about that for awhile.