This book was all over the place. The only good bit was that I thought the twist of the boys being kept in the compound was interesting.

There wasn't really any nuance in this book when it came to the views of men. Win, as the leader of Femlandia, has what could be considered as fringe views. She hates literally all men and changes any words that contain men/him/his to gender neutral or female terms. She is portrayed as a villain in the story (rightly so) however without appropriate balance her views are villainised and feminism dismissed as extremist.

Miranda as the main character is pitched as the sane one who has reasonable views however she seems to have no thoughts on the patriarchy or feminism at all. She despises her mother's views and that's about the extent she has an opinion on feminism. She is also depicted as shallow and materialistic and her views on her husband are so back and forth it will give you whiplash. It is really not clear who we are supposed to root for in this book as all the characters are unlikeable.

The ending was also bizarre, a flash forward of 90 or so years which implies that a patriarchal system is inevitable. The fact that the community are living in a closed commune where they make their own rules apparently seems to have little effect on this outcome.

Trans issues are also handled really badly, again there is no nuance here and the topic is very quickly skirted over. There are just so many things wrong with this book.

I thought this was going to be a feminist book but if anything, it seems anti-feminist.