Okay, so I read this on a whim because it was at my library and I thought "Why not? I'm taking a Woman's Human Rights class anyways." I figured this might be a good way to see what I was getting myself into, and I really hope this is what I'm getting myself into. The points Mary Beard discussed in the novel, about how we are fighting centuries of habit and a sort of thought control, were exactly what I feel, only she backed them up a whole lot better than I could. There were some political references that went over my head, but I found I had enough of an understanding to grasp at what she was saying, though I know I did not understand it completely. I was thoroughly engrossed in this book. Putting it down last night to sleep was so hard, especially because it is so short and the breaks are few and far between.

I recommend this to everyone.