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A review by nikolinaza
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
3.0
It is one of my most anticipated read, because the blurb promised me everything I need in a book about tackling rape culture. And well, it kind of... served. The main character, a female, is absolutely deadly and brutal and extremely calculated, and she went wild against this patriarchal-ass world. I love her, I love her thoughts, and I love her actions. I trusted her so much with the whole story because she's the one literally taking it forward.
But the execution... it was lame from the middle towards the end. Everything was so rushed and only explained in some surface-level type of narratives so nothing hits real hard. The character wanted to go against the familiar rape culture in their small town, but how they did it, none of us truly know. The other character literally did almost nothing to fight this nasty culture. And the ending? Does that really necessary?
And it was, quel dommage... this book has a lot of potential.
But the execution... it was lame from the middle towards the end. Everything was so rushed and only explained in some surface-level type of narratives so nothing hits real hard. The character wanted to go against the familiar rape culture in their small town, but how they did it, none of us truly know. The other character literally did almost nothing to fight this nasty culture. And the ending? Does that really necessary?
And it was, quel dommage... this book has a lot of potential.