Who Runs the World? — Reader Q&A

"...things are pretty much as you would imagine a world run by women would be: war has ended, greed is not tolerated..." This is satire, right? Someone please tell me this is satire.

Peter Would women run the world the same way men do if they were in charge? Maybe, but this isn’t just a reversal, the men aren’t there. It’s not hard to im…moreWould women run the world the same way men do if they were in charge? Maybe, but this isn’t just a reversal, the men aren’t there. It’s not hard to imagine things could turn out very different to the old ways.(less)

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Is this just purely hypothetical or feminist narrative propaganda?

Stella it's not feminism. and yes there are no men. If this really happened we would still have crime. anyway, if you're questioning reading this, just don't…moreit's not feminism. and yes there are no men. If this really happened we would still have crime. anyway, if you're questioning reading this, just don't read it. it's most definitely not for you.

Or anyone, that is.(less)

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I've never seen a book with an average rating of under 3 stars on here. Is this book really that awful? Part of me wants to read it just so I can see how bad it is for myself if that's the case.

Ruby Rose It is not bad I am currently reading it, but it is a little slow unless you like a history twist kind of book. I say read it.

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does this book have romance?

VJR Not exactly, but some affection occurs between the River and Mason, the lead girl and boy characters in the novel. She cares for him now that he is in…moreNot exactly, but some affection occurs between the River and Mason, the lead girl and boy characters in the novel. She cares for him now that he is in her world - a world in which there are only women including the women who run the quarantine from which he has escaped and miraculously survived the virus that wiped out males 60 years earlier.

What is interesting in a different way is how all the "granmummas" react to Mason. They are the senior-age women who remember men and life before the virus. They see this boy and react with intense motherly instincts to protect him. That's not romance, of course, but his existence as a living male triggers in them memories of when they were young and had romances with males. So, in a sense, Mason is the ersatz boyfriend from their distant past.(less)

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Has this book got romance?

VJR Not exactly, but some affection occurs between the River and Mason, the lead girl and boy characters in the novel. She cares for him now that he is in…moreNot exactly, but some affection occurs between the River and Mason, the lead girl and boy characters in the novel. She cares for him now that he is in her world - a world in which there are only women including the women who run the quarantine from which he has escaped and miraculously survived the virus that wiped out males 60 years earlier.

What is interesting in a different way is how all the "granmummas" react to Mason. They are the senior-age women who remember men and life before the virus. They see this boy and react with intense motherly instincts to protect him. That's not romance, of course, but his existence as a living male triggers in them memories of when they were young and had romances with males. So, in a sense, Mason is the ersatz boyfriend from their distant past.(less)

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