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Sometimes you get a good story. Sometimes you get beautiful words. This book is one of those rare delights for a reader; a good story, beautifully written.

What a wonderful story! For fans of The Princess Bride and Tress of the Emerald Sea, this whimsical tale is will delight your inner child.

This is a book about emotional, psychological and physical abuse in an intimate relationship, but it's NOT AT ALL trauma informed and demonstrates NO understanding of the underlying mechanics of abuse. Honestly, don't read this if you a survivor, as it's deeply problematic. In fact, just don't read it. If you want to understand a portrait of intimate abuse, especially in heterosexual relationships, read “Why Does He Do That?” by Lundy Bancroft. This book is so clueless that it's toxic.

I really want to stress that the implied messages in the book are incorrect and irresponsible to the point of being harmful.

No disrespect to the author, and writers can certainly write whatever they want as a work of fiction, but I'm shocked that Greer felt at all qualified to take on a topic with such deep and far-reaching cultural and societal implications while having no idea whatsoever what they were talking about.