Yana answers “is the plot similar to A Handmaid's Tale?...”

Jo Carol asked this question about Vox:

is the plot similar to A Handmaid's Tale? i loved that

Yana You know how in Handmaid's Tale the women aren't allowed to read? This book basically just takes that concept and creates a book around it, with the s…moreYou know how in Handmaid's Tale the women aren't allowed to read? This book basically just takes that concept and creates a book around it, with the same concept of the ultra-conservative political faction taking over the country and instilling "purist" ideals and "traditional" roles, labor camps, LGBT exile, a resistance, etc.. There's several references to HT, at point the narrator says "blessed be the loopholes". And the 2 protagonists - Jean and June, those names seem like quite a coincidence. (less)

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