Book review
Burn it by Jennifer Williams
This is fairly off the wall stuff based on the workings of a female mind. At times it is tragic and self-pitying but at others realistic and hopeful. Often it is bitter and pessimistic but fortunately there seems to be few regrets.
The issue that defines the book as being based in the current era is the impossibility faced by the majority of new graduate pursuing a first job, or even an interview. This part of the book makes me realise how fortunate I was to graduate in an era when every student, even those with below par degrees, could pick and choose their company and geographical locations. My generation, probably not much older than the writer, can sit around in our devalue houses, albeit with the mortgage mostly paid off, discussing how awful the economy is for others and how our annual pay rise was only 1% again.
<spoiler>The description of the rape is difficult to read but demonstrates to men how initial enthusiasm of a partner can change in an instant, no matter how far things have progressed, and as soon as an instruction is ignored a crime is committed, leading to years of psychological trauma, irrespective of whether charges are pursued </spoiler>
<spoiler> I feel that the lack of a career and mental stimulation enhances the damage caused by the rape. It shows how the ongoing global economic disaster is far more than an economic problem.</spoiler> It is social.
Overall I definitely got something out of this and I want to know what happens next for this person.
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