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A review by maralyons
The Society of Shame by Jane Roper
4.0
The Society of Shame is a charming and hilarious book about a woman who is experiencing a crisis in her marriage and her life takes some wild turns. I can definitely see the comparisons to Lessons in Chemistry crossed with Where'd You Go, Bernadette? That's a perfect description of the type of writing and content.
Kathleen has returned from vacation and discovered her husband with another woman. To make things even worse, he is a high profile man running for Senate and it gets leaked to the media causing a feeding frenzy because Kathleen is photographed with a stain of menstrual blood on her pants.
Kathleen finds herself as a key figure in a menstrual rights movement and caught up with a group of "canceled" people who have gone viral. The satire is pretty clever, but I found the book to be overly long, so it was tough for me to finish in the second half. Kathleen's character becomes less relatable and self-aware, which was pretty frustrating at times. Overall, it is a fun and thoughtful read. It's very cinematic and I could picture it happening on a screen.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.
Kathleen has returned from vacation and discovered her husband with another woman. To make things even worse, he is a high profile man running for Senate and it gets leaked to the media causing a feeding frenzy because Kathleen is photographed with a stain of menstrual blood on her pants.
Kathleen finds herself as a key figure in a menstrual rights movement and caught up with a group of "canceled" people who have gone viral. The satire is pretty clever, but I found the book to be overly long, so it was tough for me to finish in the second half. Kathleen's character becomes less relatable and self-aware, which was pretty frustrating at times. Overall, it is a fun and thoughtful read. It's very cinematic and I could picture it happening on a screen.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.