A review by eastofreaden
Vile Men by Rebecca Jones-Howe
1.0
There are spoilers in this review, as well as references to sexual assault. If you're sensitive to that, please move past this review.
I was incredibly disappointed with this book. The title and synopsis are incredibly misleading. I was expecting a collection of relatable short stories in which, as the title suggest, men were vile – sort of a celebration of women overcoming issues caused by and interfered with by men. But instead I got a collection of short stories where one girl masturbates while people browse at the sex shop she runs (and she subsequently uses a log of fucking salami, and films it for a customer) and another where the female character is trying to survive a zombie apocalypse and she’s taken in by a man only to be repeatedly raped by him and the men that he sells her to. I wanted to DNF this book, but it was short enough for me to just power through. At least now it’s off my shelf and I know to avoid this writer in the future.
I was incredibly disappointed with this book. The title and synopsis are incredibly misleading. I was expecting a collection of relatable short stories in which, as the title suggest, men were vile – sort of a celebration of women overcoming issues caused by and interfered with by men. But instead I got a collection of short stories where one girl masturbates while people browse at the sex shop she runs (and she subsequently uses a log of fucking salami, and films it for a customer) and another where the female character is trying to survive a zombie apocalypse and she’s taken in by a man only to be repeatedly raped by him and the men that he sells her to. I wanted to DNF this book, but it was short enough for me to just power through. At least now it’s off my shelf and I know to avoid this writer in the future.