well! put of everything I could say about this book, the title is very accurate. the women definitely do talk. like that's literally all that this book was. very very bold of the author is write a book called women talking and then have a male narrator:/// i was very unimpressed by this book. if y'all criticise sally roomey för preaching her ideology through her characters conversations with each other you haven't seen anything yet. this was less preaching and more just 200 pages of women discussing their views on religion and justice and I'm turn showing the read different people's views??? idk. while I understand the need for this story (especially because it was written as a response to true events) I was extremely bored by it and this was one of the least compelling books I've read in a while. also the random romance that wasn't romance throughout the whole thing with August and ona did not contribute at all and was frustrating to read about, as if you're gonna have a man be the narrator and have him talk about how great ona is and how he wants to marry her or whatever. boring!