Reviews - Yours for the Taking

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Yours for the Taking

Gabrielle Korn

3.74 AVERAGE

claudiacricket's review against another edition

4.0

Loved this. Maybe a 5. Can’t wait to read the next one.

longbeachyreads's review against another edition

4.0

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This book about a dystopian world where climate change has ravaged the earth and your best chance of survival is up (space) or "in" (a contained city bunker) was a page turner. Jacqueline, a billionaire and women's rights advocate envisions an all-women "Inside" community which she has seeded with her own daughter -- the product of a forced surrogacy -- and which she will monitor from space. But will getting rid of the patriarchy result in equality for all?

I loved the premise of this book, and it may be the first fiction story I've read that addresses the perils of white feminism (and from a white/white-passing woman!). This book has a sequel, THE SHUTOUTS, so ymmv on how satisfying you find the ending.

Sourced: BCB Queer Book Club hosted by loganslovelylibrary

She realized that it wasn't enough to assume the things you wanted would happen; you had to make them happen. The things that she wanted were hers for the taking, or not taking, but either way, action and choice were imperative. Passivity would never yield the intended results.
Which was, coincidentally, the same line of thinking that led to the birth of something else: her book.
Yours for the Taking!: Reclaiming Female Power in a Changing World was sometimes criticized for being overly corporate and light on nuance, but she didn't read the criticisms. She didn't really engage with the dialogue surrounding her work at all. She believed in it, and as her own book prescribed, as a woman, believing in yourself sometimes had to be enough.

krderm92's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 12%

I have a feeling this is going to be too heavy handed with its messaging, and seems to be a character study at this point. And I’m not connecting to the characters.