Mandie answers “I think this book may be an anti-abortion...”

Teresa asked this question about The Mothers:

I think this book may be an anti-abortion rant. What do others think?

Mandie I had hoped the abortion would just be an undercurrent, but it completely defines their lives in a way that felt too heavy-handed and maybe not realis…moreI had hoped the abortion would just be an undercurrent, but it completely defines their lives in a way that felt too heavy-handed and maybe not realistic? She never regrets it, explores the world, and then does a total 180 and lets herself be shamed by people that never treated her well. I don't get it. Luke failed her completely and then we're supposed to care more about his pro-life daddy feelings than what Nadia's accomplishing at law school? When he wasn't even her boyfriend? What? I really, really could have done without the calls to the "crisis pregnancy center."

It felt like Nadia's character was being drawn as this deeply independent person trying to expand her world and then her arc just stopped and went backward.

Still enjoyed the book, but the last several chapters left a weird taste in my mouth.(less)

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Dil Dybas I agree; I also felt the parts where Luke said he loved her were twisted in revisionist history. Am I the only one who remembered he didn't want to ta ...more
Jun 22, 2022 12:47PM · flag

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