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4.5⭐️ rounded up

·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ Handmaid’s Tale meets Brave New World in a grim dystopian future.

“𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚎.”

Mind the trigger warnings. This is really dark. A bleak but powerful US militarized state, with only one free territory in Louisiana.

Imagine an era where a second civil war has happened, establishing a hierarchy with DoS (Descendents of Slavery, black women), at the bottom, suffering total loss of control over body, mind, and being. Future tech advancements and algorithms include constant video surveillance, monitoring, and truth elicitation via subdermal chips.

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝; 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚙. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.”

Solenne Bonnet looks like Thomas Jefferson’s slave consort Sally Heming. I felt for her, even as I longed for her to break out of the mind warp and escape this destiny. This is a devastating, grim future and I couldn’t look away.

“𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞.”

I appreciated the tie to this nation’s dark history of prosperity on the backs of slavery, to include our founding fathers and the genesis of the United States. A very powerful read that I highly recommend if you’re in the right headspace (triggers below).

“𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎.”

TW: Gaslighting, Murder, Death, Racism, Sexism, Rape, Grooming, Misogyny