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★★★☆ 3.5 Stars, rounded down — I don't think I will remember much about this book, months from now...
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All male characters had a "small dick energy" with extremely fragile masculinity, possessiveness, and high-level toxicity in their nature.
Ew.
Anyway, I also understand that it's set in the 1950s so everyone projected their insecurities a lot without actually acknowledging how they were actually part of the problem. Looking at the main protagonists, for example, Lenu was a "pick-m ...more
What I learned:
All male characters had a "small dick energy" with extremely fragile masculinity, possessiveness, and high-level toxicity in their nature.
Ew.
Anyway, I also understand that it's set in the 1950s so everyone projected their insecurities a lot without actually acknowledging how they were actually part of the problem. Looking at the main protagonists, for example, Lenu was a "pick-m ...more
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