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The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
2.0

I totally respect what this book stands for but I didn't enjoy it as much as i thought i would. It follows a very popular, but inaccurate, idea that all men are dogs. A very misogynistic approach to say the least.

What do you do when you realize you forgot to add salt in your food? You try to save it by adding some of it on the serving dish and hope that nobody will notice. The problem with this book is similar. It was supposed to be a high school drama where girls steal each other's boyfriends. However, after writing it author wasn't pleased so she decided to add some rape into the mix.

Almost all the characters were unlikeable and unrelatable. I didn't feel anything for anyone. Pacing was bad, writing was awful and multiple POVs were totally unnecessary. Alex was totally psychotic. Jack was only good for rambling about his feeling for Alex in all of his chapters. I liked peekay; She was bearable. However, the way she acted after a traumatic incident was totally unrealistic and unbelievable.
I was hoping it to be a thriller, but it was just a high school drama with some pretty dark elements embedded forced into it.

Author intended for the readers to feel bad for Alex, but her character was so flawed, it was really hard to feel even a pinch of sympathy for her. A murderer is a murder whether they kill innocent people or rapists, and whether they love animals or not.

I hated Branley too. She slept with literally everyone and cheated on her boyfriend but we were told again and again not to sult shame her. However, Adam, who left peekay to be with branley, didn't get the same treatment. He was called a cheater and worse.

This book had potential, but it wasn't executed properly. Better read Sadie it handled the issue way better than this half baked mess.