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What in the hell did I just read... CLICK HERE
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Could've been a four star at least to me but I made the mistake of listening to it instead and the cuss and crued words ruined it for me. Way too many for me to relax and enjoy the book. I am a little sensitive but not sorry for that at all!
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Update 8/8/20: Wisecrack recently posted this take on Gone Girl (spoiler alert) and I think it does a good job of summing up the point of this book. BUT I would argue this isn't the way it has to be, and the reason I don't like the book is because it accepts this fate.
Of course, I do accept that escaping this fate, with society being the way it is, might be nearly impossible, especially for heterosexual couples who are under intense pressure to behave a certain way in relation to each other. But ...more
Of course, I do accept that escaping this fate, with society being the way it is, might be nearly impossible, especially for heterosexual couples who are under intense pressure to behave a certain way in relation to each other. But ...more

Disturbing. Very disturbing. I don't know how to rate this book.
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