The End of Men

Dystopian fiction, oh how I love it! Slightly uncomfortable reading at times, dealing with a global pandemic as it is, but far enough away from reality that there were only a few crossovers with reality (thankfully we still have tea and coffee... oh and men!).
A mysterious virus starts rapidly killing males and only 10% are immune. Christina Sweeney-Baird weaves together the stories of survivors to build a timeline of the societal changes that ensue.
The characters are well-written and believable and, for such a multitude of narrators, distinct. Each short chapter is narrated by a, usually female, voice giving an insight into some aspect of their life. The short chapters were both a blessing and a curse as I literally could not put down the book (oh, just one more chapter - it's only a few pages... I may as well read the next one too then...).
I enjoyed the gentle nod to Atwood, queen of feminist dystopian fiction, in one of the early chapters. Later, Sweeney-Baird's bright new world retains reflections of Gilead in some countries' repopulation programmes. The remaking of the world to fit women seemed to be a response to Caroline Criado Pérez's Invisible Women, I would be most surprised if Sweeney-Baird has not read this (just checked - she gave it 5 stars, as did I).
Overall I found it a fun, quick read and only one thing grated with me - I just couldn't believe there would ever be an A&E at Gartnavel!