What I've been reading: The Hush by Sara Foster
I wanted to take a second to rave a bit about a book that I have just finished reading. Sara Foster's latest book, The Hush , was released late last month. In many ways, it was like a second debut for Foster, whose six previous books were all psychological thrillers set in the quote/unquote 'real world'. The Hush is still a thriller, but it does have one notable difference- it's set in a dark, possible future ten years post pandemic, and it has a dystopian feel to it that feels like an updated nod to The Handmaid's Tale . There is a different sort of medical emergency gripping the public's attention now, and this has led to an increasingly disturbing number of government mandates curbing the public freedoms of British citizens, in particular women. After an alarming rapid increase in the number of unexplainable stillbirths among the population, conspiracy theories begin to run rife. The novel begins with discussion of a video that has been posted on Youtube, ...