Seriously, at the beginning of the book, I was totally on board with the whole girl power thing. One of the first things I write for this update was: "One of the character's brother said something about not helping to clean up because he wasn't about to practice being a housewife, and the parents just went along with it and continued to force all the housework on the girl... Oh hell no... HELL no."
But then, it just kept getting more and more ridiculous. HUGE exaggerations of misogyny and female oppression (even for 1979) spawn even grander acts of female empowerment and radical thinking.
Okay, I'm a feminist and all, but holy shit.
And then it ends, with little to no resolution and everyone gets away with everything and lives happily ever after. WHAT?!
Definitely not one of my faves, Lois.
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