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I am in complete agreement with you.
Every character’s back story was a huge cliché.
Thank you for articulating exactly what I’ve been feeling! I couldn’t finish this book.
"Literally hates all men thinks they are evil..." I'm so perplexed by this...for every "bad" man there was a good man. It didn't paint them all to be one way at all. Did you not take notice of all the good ones? Why is that? Several of them have rather prominent places in the story.
She did put two guys in the story who were decent guys, but she didn’t develop their characters much.
You mean propaganda, like Mad Men, for example?
Absolutely wasn't propaganda. There are so many men in the world like the ones portrayed in this book. Just look back at the news of Epstein, Weinstein and recently P Diddy. In my experience , and sadly millions of women's, this is the world we live in. Art and Franklin were what men should be and they were represented in a positive light.
I agree Claire Robinson! This book's approach may not be for everyone, just as NO book is for everyone, but the author's rage is VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. I certainly feel it too. It is extremely hurtful for us to keep seeing abusers like P Diddy be let off the hook. It is extremely hurtful for us to frequently see r*pists being acquitted despite irrefutable evidence. It is extremely hurtful for us to keep seeing so much violence against women and to keep seeing the patriarchal system prioritize and support men who are r*pists and abusers and victim blame the women. This is NOT about saying all men are evil. This is saying we live in a really f'ed up system where women are HARMED by male violence and nothing is done. Three women are killed EVERY DAY in the US by a male intimate partner or a male family member. That is an epidemic of male violence against women. The truly GOOD men are the ones who are willing to call out other men on their sexism, on their misogyny, on their harming of women. And all women I know (and I am sure this author as well) are THRILLED to be supportive of men who are willing to do that. But men who remain silent about are complicit and MANY MORE of them need to speak up.
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Every character’s back story was a huge cliché.
Thank you for articulating exactly what I’ve been feeling! I couldn’t finish this book.
"Literally hates all men thinks they are evil..." I'm so perplexed by this...for every "bad" man there was a good man. It didn't paint them all to be one way at all. Did you not take notice of all the good ones? Why is that? Several of them have rather prominent places in the story.
She did put two guys in the story who were decent guys, but she didn’t develop their characters much.
You mean propaganda, like Mad Men, for example?
Absolutely wasn't propaganda. There are so many men in the world like the ones portrayed in this book. Just look back at the news of Epstein, Weinstein and recently P Diddy. In my experience , and sadly millions of women's, this is the world we live in. Art and Franklin were what men should be and they were represented in a positive light.
I agree Claire Robinson! This book's approach may not be for everyone, just as NO book is for everyone, but the author's rage is VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. I certainly feel it too. It is extremely hurtful for us to keep seeing abusers like P Diddy be let off the hook. It is extremely hurtful for us to frequently see r*pists being acquitted despite irrefutable evidence. It is extremely hurtful for us to keep seeing so much violence against women and to keep seeing the patriarchal system prioritize and support men who are r*pists and abusers and victim blame the women. This is NOT about saying all men are evil. This is saying we live in a really f'ed up system where women are HARMED by male violence and nothing is done. Three women are killed EVERY DAY in the US by a male intimate partner or a male family member. That is an epidemic of male violence against women. The truly GOOD men are the ones who are willing to call out other men on their sexism, on their misogyny, on their harming of women. And all women I know (and I am sure this author as well) are THRILLED to be supportive of men who are willing to do that. But men who remain silent about are complicit and MANY MORE of them need to speak up.
