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[Deleted]May 1, 2024

Read it after the post here couple of days ago. ran through it in half a day. Wow. I love this book. I was a little worried it would be too resentful and seem like too much ranting- but lionel shriver does a great job making the case for defiance and oddly, moderation at the end. I kept going back and thinking through my own relationships and behavior after reading this.It shocked me how much of it rang true and its - a sign that things are seriously wrong when well written satire starts reading like journalism.

OwnLyingEyesApril 30, 2024

This tipped the scales. Bought the book.

WatcherattheGatesApril 30, 2024

I'm definitely going to buy the book! So funny, I put a review of this book in the circle GenderCritical, and it was deleted for being "off topic."

Runawaysiren940April 30, 2024

I guess they preferred it to be in feminist books instead? I wish there was a way to just move posts rather than outright delete them.

WatcherattheGatesApril 30, 2024

Dunno. Given that the book is meant to skewer gender ideology, I'd have thought otherwise! :-)

If it’s not obvious how it’s on topic then make a text post about it and how it is on topic.

Yes, I made a comment directly underneath it about the linkage.

We don’t consider comments on linked posts by original posters to be “part” of the original post. The OP has to stand on its own, regardless of comments, which is why you have to make your OP a text post instead.

The review specifically spoke about how the entire book is an extended metaphor for gender ideology.