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The End of Men

Auteur(s): Christina Sweeney-Baird
Narrateur(s): Cathleen McCarron, Aysha Kala, Denica Fairman, Penelope Rawlins, Debra Michaels, Julia Locascio, Sasha Alexis, Robert Bradley, Sara Lynam, Rebecca Perfect, William Hope
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 "The End of Men is a fiercely intelligent page-turner, an eerily prescient novel, at once thoughtful and highly emotive." --Paula Hawkins, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train

Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unforgettable debut from a remarkable new talent that asks: what would our world truly look like without men?

Only men carry the virus. Only women can save us all.

The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland--a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is dismissed as hysterical. By the time her warning is heeded, it is too late. The virus becomes a global pandemic--and a political one. The victims are all men. The world becomes alien--a women's world.

What follows is the immersive account of the women who have been left to deal with the virus's consequences, told through first-person narratives. Dr. MacLean; Catherine, a social historian determined to document the human stories behind the "male plague"; intelligence analyst Dawn, tasked with helping the government forge a new society; and Elizabeth, one of many scientists desperately working to develop a vaccine. Through these women and others, we see the uncountable ways the absence of men has changed society, from the personal--the loss of husbands and sons--to the political--the changes in the workforce, fertility, and the meaning of family.

In The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird turns the unimaginable into the unforgettable. Dystopique Fiction féminine Post-apocalyptique Science-fiction Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense Fiction Effrayant
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Performances were great and it eventually got moving but some items of the story had me doing a double take. Even before covid, it was obvious that this was not how a pandemic would be experienced, especially at the outset. 5,000 dead in the UK and a professor of virology in Toronto is just learning about it offhand from the nytimes?! Something like this, originating in the UK, would induce instant global freak out. Don't want to be too harsh, though. Once most of the men were dead, the story got "better" (tee hee), but I found the depiction of the pandemic's early days incredulous.

Pandemic response distractingly incorrect

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This was a depressing, amateurish and predictable book, a waste of my time and money!

The women's performances were quite good.

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This book seemed to be poorly researched in terms of the science and in terms of how previous pandemics have evolved. There were lots of internal inconsistencies in terms of the narrative. There was also little diversity of perspectives, and by the end of the book most of the characters we hear from are clearly the same person. The book does raise some interesting ideas but these are never fully developed. The performances were at times distracting and over the top.

Was a real struggle to finish

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