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title: "When She Woke: A Novel"
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# When She Woke: A Novel

**Brand:** hillary jordan
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    WOW!...
  

*by L***U on Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018*

This book is one of the most intriguing dystopian novels that I have ever read. If one enjoyed Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", then this book should be a must read. It will transport one to a not so distant future America, where evangelical Christian fundamentalist beliefs are the law of the land, and separation of church and state is a distant memory. Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and abortion is illegal and constitutes murder.This America has also formulated a new and unique way of punishing those who break the law. They change the color of one's skin to a primary color to match the level of crime for which one has been convicted. This  is done through a process called chroming, and the convicted will be made to stay in this state till their sentence is served. This way everyone will know that they have transgressed.Hannah, living in Texas with her evangelical family is a repressed young woman. She is a talented seamstress, who secretly designs and creates  beautiful garments that expresses who she is for her own personal enjoyment. It is her secret. She also falls in love when she least expects it. This, too, is her secret. Unfortunately, her lover is married, among other things, and when a seminal event occurs,  she makes a unilateral decision that leads her into the abyss. It will be an experience that will change her life.This book is definitely more plot driven, as character development takes a back seat to the plot. It is of little matter, as the plot is a wowser! There is one jarring note towards the end of the book, when the central character, Hannah, engages in behavior that simply does not ring true. Notwithstanding this odd segue, I still loved the book. I was riveted by the plot, which I found to be quite creative. Given the state of things in America today, perhaps this book is not so far fetched. If so, Canada should build a wall and make us pay for it.

### ⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A bunch of things that almost happened...
  

*by Q***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2020*

This book sounded interesting, as others have said it hugged somewhere between Scarlet Letter and a Margaret Atwood novel. The first bit of the book was good and made sense, it is as the book progresses that it begins to fall apart for me. In effort to avoid spoilers I will just say that there was a lot of things that almost happened, too many ideas introduced and none of which that were ever actually explored. Plot lines that were opened up that you felt sure were important that suddenly fizzled out. Why say something big like "We will kill you if you do this" and then make the main do just that, and then nothing comes of it? Why even include that? Why put people on a deadline for how long they have to live, say they are nearing that deadline, and then cut that plot devise off at the knees and never speak of it again? You wait in anticipation for decisions people are making to have some ripple effect based on what we have learned from the book so far and there never is one. Overall the story was really just lackluster with much left incomplete. By far the worst part of this novel however was the main character. Who is this woman that shows so much bravery and strength in protecting herself and her friends, but finishes the book incredibly selfishly? Without making this my master's thesis and really working hard to avoid spoilers I think I will simply put it that this characters decision making had no consistency or basis, risks she takes have no repercussions, and moral dilemmas she faces with her friends and family are left entirely unresolved and seem to have slipped from her mind. As a reader don't be invested in any other person than the main because you will never know what happened to them. I am not saying I want a nice pretty bow on anything or anyone, that is what is tough about bringing dystopian novels to a conclusion, is there isn't an easy bow to put on a society that is so utterly broken. But some sort of finality for anyone other than the main would be nice. Maybe not even finality, but an update would be good, a where are they now moment. (Also I didn't even like the ending for the main, but I think that would be impossible to talk about without spoilers so I will leave that bit alone).The short of it is that I do not recommend this book. I really disliked it. I slept on this review several days because I felt like a monster only giving it 2 stars. I think the thing that really just gets me so up in a hough about this one is it feels like it is capitalizing on a really profound genre with very little basis for how to successfully do so. Dystopian novels often overlap in the ideas that they are working with because they work from what is prominent in our world. The breeding woman punished for autonomy, it has been done before and it will be done again. It isn't the redundancy of ideas that is really the fault of this book, it is the incapacity to capitalize on some really deep and thought provoking potential because it couldn't seem to help itself from trying to touch on a little unsatisfactory bit of everything.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Well worth the read!
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015*

An excellent read!  This is a great dystopian book that gets at a variety of sensitive topics and does not shy away from them.  If you enjoy Margaret Atwood, pick this book up!  I particularly liked the way in which the future is represented.  The story-line is unique in that the strong female figure is equal parts responding to life circumstances and creating her life circumstances.  The result is an empowering story-line, which also brings the reader through the process of empowerment and taking control of a tragic and out of control scenario where the boundaries between social acceptance and social justice are heavily blurred.  It seems other similar dystopian feminist narratives spend most of the story showing the female heroine reeling from the problems in society and then reacting to them to somehow get by.  This story is unique from other similar narratives in that it shows the female heroine awaken to harsh realities, take them in, and then morph into action to not allow her life circumstances to dictate the remainder of her life.

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