dfostermartin 's review for:

Olive by Emma Gannon

4.0

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I read this book as a result of wishing (out loud in a forum I'm in) for more books in which strong female characters that didn't want children didn't change their minds (and SIDE NOTE: I'm not saying that women can't change their minds. They totally can. But the message that all women should want children and that changing your mind to want children is the "natural turn of events" is untrue and, frankly, kind of boring). "Olive" definitely fits that bill. I thought that this was a really well-done fiction that looked at the world of the Childfree by Choice movement. At the same time, it also explored (more generally) what it means to "grow up", mature, have friendships evolve, and have a family.