While I understand the concept of exploring a world without women and what would happen with that loss (it's not the first time this idea has been explored), I didn't fully understand where this novel was going with it all. Using this concept as a plot device but not having some reason or explanation for the horrible things that happen makes it all feel cheap. And it didn't go anywhere. There wasn't a reason why Evie was the catalyst of this event. It seemed like it was all just some horrible, let's all hurt one another until we reach a point where we finally realise that's not good and now we can change because we've learnt our lesson, sort of situation. Which is frankly...boring.
Not to mention it kind of bugs me that this was written by two men. Maybe if one of them had cowritten this with a woman, or even if this book also had a woman author I'd feel differently. As it is I just don't like the fact that this novel which essentially had women choose between a safer world or men, was written by men.