When She Woke

The concept of this book sounded amazing, with echoes of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'. I could hardly wait to read it. The reality: it was good, but definitely not great. I felt like so many of the concepts the author introduced in this dystopian world were so exciting, but I didn't feel like any ever played out completely nor well. We do care about the characters, but I was always left wanting more detail, more history, more content about the ideas that drew me in, and I never got that. It was good, it's worth reading, especially in the world we live in today, but it didn't fully deliver for me.

Though published over a decade ago, the book touches on human rights issues relevant to even today’s world. The author, Hillary Jordan, uses powerful and vivid writing to a whole new level in this dystopian story. Amazing!

The book tackles a lot of different subjects such as church and state and women's rights. Very good book, wasn't the biggest fan of the ending but I'll live.