🧡 I was so excited about this book. A feminist dystopia, an end of normal life, a cult. It’s everything my warped mind desires. I was hoping for another The End of Men. Or And in a lot of ways it delivered. There’s a sinister undercurrent, zealotry, society in turmoil. I liked Miranda’s story and

💚 There was no single thing that reduced the impact of this for me, but if I had to nail it down, I’d say I wanted morrrrre. More on the economic collapse, more detail about Femlandia’s earlier days, the rest of the communes. More about Jen and Miranda’s history. In all this I felt like I was coming in late to the party. And in some instances I found the characters’ motivations baffling. I think I could have been brought round, but I needed to know more, with a longer lead in.

💜 The overall message is an excellent one. It is one that sees the flaws in men and women as human flaws. Not the same, but neither more or less malevolent than the other.

Lots and lots of content warnings. Sexual assault and abuse in particular. It’s quite brutal at times and, much as I didn’t enjoy those aspects,they fit in with the story.