Anonymous #1 4w

It’s hurting me so bad. I was sobbing about the medical sexism and racism. Women being sold for experimentation, reproduction, etc. nurses being under appreciated but one of the most important jobs in society. Religion overshadowing human achievement. War has no winners. Glorification of war. I can go on. I’m so ill, and people are saying this book is dark romance booktok slop and fetishizes rape. It’s carving a hole in me.

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Anonymous OP 4w

The people who say that read Manacled, realized it was similar, and then moved on and didn’t actually read the book. The number of times I’ve talked to my friend (who I’m buddy reading with) about how much this book makes me feel WORSE than the Handmaid’s Tale is crazy.

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Anonymous #1 4w

Exactly. I read most of manacled and had to stop, it was amazing but I wasn’t in a good place at the time and not mentally ready. I’m reading this now and it hurts that people keep comparing it to Manacled. It’s entirely different. And hurts so bad.

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Anonymous #3 4w

I think that one mistake makes society view a woman as only that thing. It doesn’t matter how high she has gone or the great things she has done, her mistakes will stain her. That’s why I still believe that we have work to do. Women and Men are not yet treated equally. A man can do man wrongs, and they will remember him for his greatest achievement. A woman will be seen as the lowest thing she has ever been.

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Anonymous #3 4w

I have always tried to be humble and I think of my accomplishments from a different perspective. I think of them as interesting and not something to brag about. Women aren’t supposed to brag, they aren’t told they should be prideful of their work, they should quietly do so in the background. That is the story Alchemised tells.

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Anonymous OP 4w

I think so…sad

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