A review by 11corvus11
Moths by Jane Hennigan

3.0

May write more later, but so behind on reading right now. The short version: This book showed some promise as what seemed like a newer take on some older themes. As it progressed, it disappointed me. One thing was the use of a trans woman who shows up only twice despite being the protagonist's "best friend" and exists as the token for both that purpose and in comparison to cis men. The other was the glaring suffragist fallacy that a world of women is a gentler utopia. At first it seemed like this would be a tool to show how this is a white "feminist" misunderstanding of power relations as we see just how terrible women can still be without men. But, then, just didn't? I don't know. I don't necessarily regret this book, but I think the author could have done a lot more. The writing skill is there stylistically. Just not the narrative arc.