Lessons in Chemistry

The books ending improved it some for me but I think its still more like a 2.5 star read. There was a general lack of nuance both in the characters and in the message.

Most of the male side characters were just plain bad people with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Their internal thoughts were “women are dumb and let me teach them a lesson”. It got old fast. The main character never missed an opportunity to beat me over the head with speeches containing messages about feminism, inequality in gender and race and how we need to fight the patriarchy.

I approve the messages but the manner in which they were delivered felt forced and preachy, like the writer didn’t trust me to understand on my own. It irritated me to be honest. I almost DNFed it but decided to see where it would go.