A review by bookishbecky
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

4.0

I was hooked with this book and read it in 3 sittings. A plague which only affects men begins to spread in Scotland and the doctor who discovers it is ignored until it is too late. 

And so begins a heartbreaking book of loss, politics and change. I loved that the book showed that not all of the changes were bad (in the cases of better jobs and rights for women and the escape from domestic violence.) 

I also thought it was interesting that toward the end of the book there was commentary on many issues that affect women such as medical and safety equipment and that the remaining men were then struggling with the issues of objectification which women have discussed for so many years. 

I was shocked to find this was a debut as it was so gripping and brilliantly written. I look forward to reading more from this author in the future. 

There are a lot of trigger warnings for this book so please do look them up before reading. 

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide