A review by batkat31
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

5.0

This book was both hard to read and hard to stop reading. I was immediately drawn in by all three characters and I was both horrified and amused as hell throughout. It was (as promised) an intense commentary and critique on today's rape culture and the casualty of which topic of rape, sexual assault, slut shaming etc. are viewed. The normalization of such events is hard to fight at times but this book made it seem easy (the conversational fights rather than the physical elements). While it's obvious that Alex is not a role model in many ways (even if her extremism is tempting), her abrupt and clear understanding and criticism of rape culture is impressive and something I hope to remember the next time I'm fumbling over my words.

What I truly loved was how naturally all of these points were made. The situations in which they came up felt real and weren't forced like I was expecting them to be. The characters were very likable and you cared about the story and the well developed characters as well as the statement it was making.

A book that left me emotional and impacted me deeply, I won't forget this and I hope many people read it and feel the same way.