"A thrilling feminist book that will leave you speechless" ... NO.
I apologise for the mess that is this review... It's more of a rant & rambling but hey, someone told me those are the best kind of reviews!

A dystopian book imagining a near future where women can only speak 100 words before they get electrocuted, can only do housework and looking after children while men do everything else, sounds like a great setting. A great way of dealing with misoginy, discrimination, the importance of standing up and using your voice. Sadly, it does not deliver.

How are we meant to believe women (and people in general) aren't doing anything about this situation? Are we meant to accept that there wasn't any rebellion, that these people are still just living in the country and accepting it? I needed more explanation. Tell me more about how the country is surviving without women cause i really cannot imagine it... The book gets straight into the plot and completely ignores the world building. I cannot accept that this world exists without any background.
The women in this book don't actually do anything... You can't call this book feminist if the female characters are so.... i hate to use this word but... weak. They just go with the flow? Even our main character doesn't really do much about the situation...

Also, that ending wasn't just rushed but also bad? You got a man to do one thing that would kill one man and then end it there saying "oh things will just get better with time now that that one man has gone"... No?
While reading the book, i was actually having a good-ish enough time. It was a fast-ish thrilling-ish read that you do want to get through. You do get carried by the good writing. But oh boi does it end there.

To be honest it just felt lazy.
The idea was interesting but the writer was too lazy to properly think things through and give us a well built world that has rules we could believe in and people we could rally behind.


Other things I disliked:
- Saying "the gays" when talking about gay people. Gay isn't a noun, thanks. It especially makes it seem like gay people are "other". THE gays, THOSE people over there... STOP USING THAT WORDING!
- "He or she" JUST USE "THEY" FFS!
- Absolutely ignoring the fact that gender isn't binary (which is kinda IMPORTANT in this situation...).
- Adultery/cheating presented as completely acceptable by everyone.. even the person being cheated on?
- Sorry for the minor spoil, but it's actually a guy who saves the day.