Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
Calla is aware of the lottery’s operation. Each person does. You go to the station the day after your first bleed to find out what kind of lady you will be. Marriage and procreation are granted by a white ticket. You can have a profession and independence with a blue ticket. You are freed from the horrible burden of making a decision. And there is no turning back once you have purchased your ticket. What if the life you are given is the incorrect one, though?
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Calla, a blue-ticket woman, is forced to flee when she starts to wonder about her fate. However, her ability to survive will depend on both the other women the system has placed against her and the very characteristics she has learned to doubt in herself as a result of the lottery. Calla is pregnant and in need, and she is forced to consider whether or if the lottery knows her better than she knows herself and what it might imply for her unborn child.
Blue Ticket is a compelling investigation into free will, social expectations, and the tumultuous world of parenthood. It is electrifying in its unfiltered portrayal of desire and enthralling in its unmistakable familiarity.
This dystopian and feminist book really intrigues, confounds, and provokes thought as you read it. It is a page-turner that must be finished right away since you have grown attached to the protagonist and need to know how everything turns out. I connected with her because I genuinely cared about her and had conflicting feelings. I had a great time reading this book, which I heartily recommend to everyone.
Calla was born into this dystopian society, and like all other females, she must go and get a ticket when her period is ready to find out what her future holds. If they receive a white ticket, it implies they are judged suitable for marriage and have children; if they receive a blue ticket, they are doomed to a life of work and complete independence. There is no turning back once you have your ticket, and precautions are taken to make sure that you will never crave the other life.
The women no longer need to make a decision between the two by themselves thanks to this system of choice. believing they have in some way relieved women of their burdens and think they are wiser than the women.
But what if the system is defective and free will and social expectations clash? Women like Calla feel their lives have been predetermined for them and are not at all what they would select on their own. What if some women are prepared to rebel against the government at any cost in order to lead the lives they feel they were actually meant to lead—even if it means losing their lives? Blue Ticket pushes the boundaries of what is imaginable in terms of how far control and power can intrude if they are let to triumph over people’s own wants.
