It’s a very uncomfortable read in places, but necessarily so - firstly, to highlight the oppression faced by women through flipping that oppression over; secondly, to observe very clearly that the issue being raised in the book is not just the madness of systemic gender-specific power (though the dismantling of the patriarchy, within the book, is a goal achieved rapidly), but also in the tendency of ALL humans to invent power structures which favour one trait over another, to value strength over humanity, and to allow the oppression of others to go unchallenged. For me, the wraparound “letters” and illustrations made this book even better. It gave it a sense similar to that of the final chapter of A Handmaid’s Tale - the future, post-event, and how things have settled in society.