Like I can't quite put into words how much it made me rethink my experience with the world, and my interactions with others.

I am cruel sometimes, and I wish I were kinder. I have a world of excuses - my litany of abuse for one, but that hardly applies when _I_ want that change.

And putting violence and vulnerability on display as the book does makes me rethink the person I want to be. I know the core meanings behind the book are to do with the cruelties of patriarchy, but as someone who suffers under patriarchy, it makes me want to support those suffering with me, not lash out at those administering it.