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3.5-4 stars

This was a confusing book for me to listen to, so after I listened, I went back and read over it so I could figure out all the jumps in time (there were a lot of them). Reading it was much easier to keep track of what happened when and it also made it easier to follow the threads of the different themes: sexuality/prime/spinsterhood, education/intrusion, religion/predestination, authority/social groups, instinct/insight. This is a difficult book for me to review because I read it for a book study, but then didn't get a chance to attend and discuss. I believe I could have gained much from the discussion. Still, I enjoyed listening to it (even when it was confusing) and it was both disturbing and humorous, and it was interesting going back over the written version to follow the themes. Overall, I would say this is a book that is worth checking out and would be interesting to discuss with others.