I wanted to love this book but I had a few issues with it. Firstly, including 50 women’s stories meant that there was little detail in any of them. I would have much preferred 10 or 20 more in depth accounts.
I enjoyed the humorous, casual writing style in the beginning but after a few stories it became quite annoying and seemed quite forced. I’m guessing it was meant to be relatable but in some cases it actually seemed to belittle and downplay the importance and seriousness of these stories.
I also had an issue at the unsubtle “man hating” expressed in this book. I completely agree that these women’s struggles are overwhelmingly maddening but I don’t agree that insulting individual men for the society they live in is helpful, or that generally referring to men using derogatory terms is fair. I am concerned that this impacts the credibility of the book’s important content and does nothing to convince non-feminists to open their minds and see the true injustice affecting women across the world daily.