In the near future,
women's rights are eroding. Those who buck the system are hunted as
gender criminals by the authorities when they're lucky, and rogue
militias when they aren't. Alex Harmon, a newly minted gender crimes
detective tasked with bringing recalcitrant 'feministas' to justice,
pursues a woman cast into a resistance group by circumstance. The
tactics of his peers and growing unrest force him to question his goals
and allegiances, as he finds himself dragged into a brutal guerrilla war
for the minds and bodies of a generation of women.
Please note: Whores contains some graphic violence, adult language, and mature themes.
Please note: Whores contains some graphic violence, adult language, and mature themes.
This is gritty, dark, and a fascinating read. This is a
completely different world, but it's so easy to see how we could end up
there. Both men and women will cringe at the lawful action going on in
this story.
If you have a
problem with timelines, you may want to make sure you schedule yourself
plenty of time to read this. There isn't a lot of jumping around, but
sometimes it feels like it. Just enough to make you a little
off-kilter. Then again, that could have been just my reading of it.
Although
this will be a tough read for most women out there, I also think it's a
necessary one. It doesn't just deal with women's rights or the loss of
them,
but it deals with how everyone handles it. You know, things can't go
back to the way they were a hundred years ago. Women will not just bow
to the subservience of men. This book puts a whole new perspective on
'what if?' What if women's rights were taken away? It doesn't just
stop with abortion, that's just the tip of the iceberg. What if women
were expected to bow to men and take it when they're beaten for putting
too much salt in the stew? What if all the rights that women have, that
were fought so hard and sacrificed for, were gone?
What if being a gynecologist was outlawed?
What if being a gynecologist was outlawed?
This
has such a dark feel to it that you can't help but have a blast with
it. At the same time, you'll find yourself outraged and pulling for
'the bad girls'. Sit back, drink something warm, and let Wilson pull
you into his world for a little bit. Just
enjoy the ride until you've finished, then let your brain do the
thinking for you.
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Shawn
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