A review by lmclar12
Femlandia by Christina Dalcher

1.0

2.5 stars. This is the second book by this author where I have hated the ending. I think if she just hadn’t included the epilogue I would have thought it was better. I really enjoyed the premise of this book: a utopia just for women. And the conflict of having all the boys born into the camp had a « the ones who walk away from omelas” feel that I really enjoyed but why would things go back to normal in the epilogue. It makes me sad for the author that she has enough imagination to write these books yet not enough to ever, even in her wildest dreams, break free from the patriarchy in her books. Is it that ingrained in her? I think she had a really interesting opportunity here that she completely squandered.

Edit: Changing my review to 1 star because there was a scene promoting being a terf and that is absolutely not on.