Has anyone read Only Ever Yours (feminist YA dystopian)?

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 20/04/2015 11:04

Only Ever Yours

I just finished it and feel like I've been knocked for six. Has anyone else read it? It's been compared to The Handmaid's Tale, which might be an overstatement but it is certainly very impressive and thought-provoking.

If anyone hasn't read it yet but likes the sound of it, maybe we could do a thread like the old Feminist Book Club threads?

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YonicScrewdriver · 20/04/2015 19:44

I will take a look.

magimedi · 20/04/2015 16:46

I've downloaded it just now.

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 20/04/2015 13:44

I'm glad teenage girls are reading it.
I can't imagine how much more shocking it would be to read as an actual teenager, though. Just as The Handmaid's Tale becomes a harder read when you're a mother.

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NuggetofPurestGreen · 20/04/2015 11:50

I've read it Countess. I was disturbed mostly because it wasn't that farfetched! Apparently teenage girls are obsessed with it - hopefully in a good way rather than aspirational

LagerthaEarlIngstad · 20/04/2015 11:49

It's only 2.84 on kindle so I have bought it and will have a read :)

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 20/04/2015 11:48

I will lay off the spoilers then, and look forward to discussing when you're done!

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LagerthaEarlIngstad · 20/04/2015 11:27

That sounds amazing, I will download it and give it a read. I first read The Handmaids Tale when I was about 9 (my parents were very free and easy with allowing us to read whatever we liked) but am due a reread of that too.

HapShawl · 20/04/2015 11:26

that does look like an interesting read - i've downloaded it onto my kindle

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