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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
A hugely important and inclusive book.
Abortion is healthcare.
Abortion is healthcare.
DNF 42%
I struggled with this book for more than one reason. At first, it was because the subject matter is a tough one, but that’s not what stopped me. It was because of the subject matter that I gave this more of a chance than I normally give other books.
The reason I stopped was because the book felt very disorganized and it became hard to follow. It isn’t a particularly long book, but the way it is written made it feel interminable. The author cites real people’s stories to show how certain legislation has affected people, which is a great method to get her point across, except we receive many of these stories piece meal and mixed in with other stories before going back to the original story. It jumped around so much that I often struggled to keep people and stories straight. Since none of those people’s stories really felt complete to me, I can only assume (since this was a DNF for me) that the author does come back around to them eventually. If not, then that, too, is problematic.
One of the other reasons I struggled with this book was because it was very obviously biased. Don’t get me wrong, my politics fully align with the author’s here, but who was her audience exactly? Who is she writing to, trying to convince? I failed to find, in the 42% I read, anything new to add to the conversation outside of giving us real people’s stories. I’ll admit that the way some of those stories were written made it difficult to be sympathetic even, which if I struggled with that, someone of an opposing viewpoint would ignore completely. The bias of this book only seems to appeal to people already aligned with pro-choice politics, only succeeding to tell people who agree with them more of what they want to hear, just like social media algorithms. If the author wants to make a difference and change someone’s mind, this book isn’t going to do it. But maybe that’s not her intent. Again, I have to ask who her audience is.
Case studies of the impact of a post Dobbs world are necessary to the conversation if we hope to improve women’s healthcare, but unfortunately, I don’t see this book doing that. It was a good attempt but poorly executed.
I struggled with this book for more than one reason. At first, it was because the subject matter is a tough one, but that’s not what stopped me. It was because of the subject matter that I gave this more of a chance than I normally give other books.
The reason I stopped was because the book felt very disorganized and it became hard to follow. It isn’t a particularly long book, but the way it is written made it feel interminable. The author cites real people’s stories to show how certain legislation has affected people, which is a great method to get her point across, except we receive many of these stories piece meal and mixed in with other stories before going back to the original story. It jumped around so much that I often struggled to keep people and stories straight. Since none of those people’s stories really felt complete to me, I can only assume (since this was a DNF for me) that the author does come back around to them eventually. If not, then that, too, is problematic.
One of the other reasons I struggled with this book was because it was very obviously biased. Don’t get me wrong, my politics fully align with the author’s here, but who was her audience exactly? Who is she writing to, trying to convince? I failed to find, in the 42% I read, anything new to add to the conversation outside of giving us real people’s stories. I’ll admit that the way some of those stories were written made it difficult to be sympathetic even, which if I struggled with that, someone of an opposing viewpoint would ignore completely. The bias of this book only seems to appeal to people already aligned with pro-choice politics, only succeeding to tell people who agree with them more of what they want to hear, just like social media algorithms. If the author wants to make a difference and change someone’s mind, this book isn’t going to do it. But maybe that’s not her intent. Again, I have to ask who her audience is.
Case studies of the impact of a post Dobbs world are necessary to the conversation if we hope to improve women’s healthcare, but unfortunately, I don’t see this book doing that. It was a good attempt but poorly executed.
emotional
informative
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Library hold expired but I felt like I had gotten the gist
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Infuriating, sad. Hard to read, have been trying to finish it for 2 months.
challenging
informative
sad
medium-paced
I think this book deserves to be 5 stars, but it’s a bit heavy for me to continue. I agree with abortion rights, so I don’t feel I need to force myself to continue reading.
Important, maddening, informative. It is however fairly redundant.