A special thank you to Edelweiss and Doubleday for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.When Calla hits puberty, she is taken to a lottery station where girls learn what kind of women they will become. You are relived of making the choice. A white ticket gives you children. A blue ticket gives you an IUD and your freedom. Once you have your ticket, your fate is determined—there's no going back.
But what if the life you're given is not the life you want?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate this cover? Mackintosh's sophomore effort is uncomfortable, unapologetic, and will definitely find its audience. Unfortunately, it was a little too far into its niche and ultimately left me feeling claustrophobic.
Blue Ticket is a devastating and shocking look into free will, human longing, animal instinct, and lengths one will go to in order to become a mother. It is a provocative work of dystopian feminism that lives in the space between female identity and the constraints of the patriarchy.
Blue Ticket is a devastating and shocking look into free will, human longing, animal instinct, and lengths one will go to in order to become a mother. It is a provocative work of dystopian feminism that lives in the space between female identity and the constraints of the patriarchy.
SOPHIE MACKINTOSH is the author of The Water Cure, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018. She also won the 2016 White Review Short Story Prize and the 2016 Virago/Stylist Short Story competition. Blue Ticket is her second novel.
Mackintosh currently resides in London, England.
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