"Bellwether Prize Winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel is the fiercely imagined story of a woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed - their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crime - and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. "
Review:
This was a standalone that has haunted my very dreams. Far are we from the days where goblins and monsters scared us at night; we reside now in the knowledge that the most terrifying things are the ones that are all too real and lurking in the near future.
Hannah by far was such a moving character. We journey with her through absolutely horrendous conditions and experiences that will stay with us long after the book is closed. But above all, we see our character persevere, and change tremendously despite all the hardships.
And if there is one thing you must take away from all this, its that Hannah was one of the lucky ones. This book does an excellent job of showing us that even though Hannah is going through a lot of trauma, she still has privileges that others do not.
I am so unbelievably happy with the road this book took me on and definitely recommend this to those who dare look at the truth of the world we live in.
Simply outstanding, I highly recommend!
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