Ooooh World of Shell and Bone (World of Shell and Bone Series)
The characters were flat, with the exception of Shale, who disappeared halfway through. The Evil Villain Character kept popping up in unexpected and unbelievable places. I rarely understood what was happening. The climax of the book made absolutely no sense.
I thought this would be a neat read because it seemed to be about a strong but complex woman trying to survive a crazy post-apocalyptic fallout typed society that plays with issues of feminism.
It is none of those things.
First of all, the ‘feminist regime’ that ‘rose to power’ after the ‘war of nations’ is such total bullshit that no one would believe it ever in their lives, unless they have swallowed the load of crap that ‘feminism is a bunch of angry women who no one wants to sleep with’. This ‘feminist regime’ is just pre-suffrage sexism only in reverse, and set in a post-apocalyptic world. There is nothing feminist about it AT ALL.
WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP DRAGGING THE WORD FEMINIST THROUGH THE MUD FOR GOD’S SAKE.
This is a book aimed AT YOUNG WOMEN READERS. You know, the people who could use feminism in their lives, so that they don’t
-Get raped
-Get paid less for the same work
-Die in a back-alley abortion deal
-Etc.
The only thing remotely ‘feminist’ about this imaginary regime was that they saw childbirth as a huge accomplishment and celebrated mothers. EXCEPT that then, randomly, the regime changed their mind and decided that even the most fertile mothers would be left to die in the ashes of their post-nuclear-war society, neener neener, serves you right for being a feminist.
AND ANOTHER THING: Feminists have great sex. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED FACT OF LIFE. Feminists have better relationships. Feminists are not anti-man. But in the book they have terrible sex that is totally male-pleasure oriented and their relationships suck and it’s possible that everyone is a lesbian (though I’m not sure).
Here is what a feminist society would look like:
Everybody chills out having great relationships and incredible sex. There is less rape and violence towards women and nobody makes jokes about donkey-punching. END OF STORY.
… I apologize for my rant. Actually, wait. I don’t. I don’t have to apologize for my opinions.
AND I THANK FEMINISM FOR THAT.
I couldn’t agree more!!!!!
I couldn’t agree more!!!! thanks so much for the wonderful pointers on incredible sex that awesome people can have, Kathryn. You have the greatest vision for the ideal society of AWESOME sex!
“Here is what a feminist society would look like:
Everybody chills out having great relationships and incredible sex. There is less rape and violence towards women and nobody makes jokes about donkey-punching. END OF STORY.”
YES YES YES! Go penises!!!
… I apologize for my rant. Actually, I don’t.”
reiternate: GREAT SEX. that is the ideal society. Everything will get better in the world when everyone starts having incredible sex. It’s a very logical point you make, Kathryn!
if more people were having incredible sex, the world would definitely be a happier place – that’s a great point, Kathryn. People who get laid often are usually the nicest people to be around, because they’re always relaxed, happy, and confident. Go penises!