I enjoyed this audiobook thoroughly. It’s a snapshot of 50 women who, for some period of time in their lives, lived as men. The narration was fun and the pace was good. However, audio-wise, the ALC from NetGalley was missing several chapters - I think 9 in all? - and the book would just randomly stop playing. That’s a problem that needs fixing!

My biggest gripe was that while I enjoy the occasional authorial interjection, it often pulled me out of the story of the women being lifted up. I am wary of a lot of contemporary commentary here; five years from now it’s going to sound outdated, and I think that does a disservice to the immense amount of work and love that went into this book. Also puns tend to annoy me so that part wasn’t up my alley.

I wish we had more meat to a lot of these stories. Not much is known about these women beyond snippets, and that is a damned shame.