2 Stars because the prose was inarguably captivating… But I wish I could burn every copy of this book. The author seems to hate all women, and perhaps all men. Her condemnation for the upper middle-class life is acceptable, but she seems to torture women on every page of this book. And all of the men, she condescends about as if they are never able to emotionally mature beyond the age of 15. It’s a bleak and horrible Look at Western culture that leaves the reader asking, if this is all that there is, why keep going?