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A review by thelibraryoft
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
5.0
I think I have found a new love for YA thriller, & this one is one of the best yet! Wow! The characters in this are in high school but this book tackles serious topics like murder, revenge, SA & abuse.
Alex Craft is the perfect femme, vigilante, anti-hero (giving Kat Adams from Criminal Minds IYKYK). I loved her. When a character's immediate response to a man coming onto her is to punch him in the balls, I know I am in for a treat.
Alex's story is also really beautifully balanced with truly the most "normal" boring, preacher's kid friend and her golden retriever, perfect, smart, popular, jock love interest. Watching them confront the same issues as Alex really helps frame how abnormal her thinking is. I did love that while Alex is very clearly "not like other girls" she really was very understanding and non judgmental of the other women at the school, when slut shaming would have been a really simple path to follow.
Overall this book was mostly a story about sexism & rape culture, and how rampant these issues are even at a young age. I hope to read more from this author in the future.
Alex Craft is the perfect femme, vigilante, anti-hero (giving Kat Adams from Criminal Minds IYKYK). I loved her. When a character's immediate response to a man coming onto her is to punch him in the balls, I know I am in for a treat.
Alex's story is also really beautifully balanced with truly the most "normal" boring, preacher's kid friend and her golden retriever, perfect, smart, popular, jock love interest. Watching them confront the same issues as Alex really helps frame how abnormal her thinking is. I did love that while Alex is very clearly "not like other girls" she really was very understanding and non judgmental of the other women at the school, when slut shaming would have been a really simple path to follow.
Overall this book was mostly a story about sexism & rape culture, and how rampant these issues are even at a young age. I hope to read more from this author in the future.