This was our first book for our newly formed book club. It wasn't one most of us would have picked up to read but it was a good book to start with because it is women who are in a book club of sorts. This book is a good precursor to other literature and makes one appreciate the freedom of choosing a book--any book and being able to read it.

It's like 4 seperate books in 1. A lot of the book is difficult to get through becuase it feels like a literary dissertation.
I enjoyed the second section- Gatsby- the best becasue it had more of her personal memories.

We've read quite a few books in our book club, but this one was definitely the worst book for us all. First, the author did not use any quotation marks which made it difficult to figure out which character was talking. Second, it had a book report/ dissertation feel. She spent a majority of it just telling the reader what each book she referenced was about but did not do a good job illustrating why these books applied to the point she was trying to make. She also jumped from character to character without proper transitions which didn't allow the reader to properly get to know the characters. I would definitely not recommend it.

A number of people in our book club could not even finish this book. Of those who read it, not one person had anything positive to say about it. It was slow, boring, and poorly written. If you value your time, DO NOT pick up this book.

the book was hard to get into but once I did it was good. I liked the references to other familiar fiction books

While I didn\\\'t love the book and found it really hard to read, (from the standpoint of the topic, not the writing) I think we should read this book. I found it pretty incredible that educated, intelligent, professional women went along with the program to restrict their ability to have any freedom whatsoever. I found it scary to think that this could happen to us if we don\\\'t have watch carefully what we support and go along with. I had to put it down often because it caused me so much angst.
But I think we should read it.

I did find this book informative and insightful. However, it took me a while to get through it.