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 Review: I thought I would be really happy to get this book. And I did, of course. Though, I didn't particularly feel like I was going to like that book because I saw reviews that it's about rape and violence and all that stuff. So I knew what I was getting, and all I wanted to do was to try. 
 "You see it in all animals - the female of the species is more deadly than the male." 
 I don't think I would much prefer anything else besides McGannis's writing. It showed some sense of humor and captivation in it. The writer used her descriptive writing and sometimes the violence made me flinch. Actually, I didn't know that I was drawn to this book until I finished it, so that's how addicted I was to this book. It took me a day to finish this 341-page book so, that was pretty fast. 
 The Female of the Species is precisely about the the outlook of rape culture and slut-shaming and also a thrilling revenge. I supposed it was much of an exciting book that would take me on a spectacular ride, but no. I would not say it was a ride that I had when I was reading this book. It was just... life. Of teens in high school. But I got to experience a moment of how this rape situation was taken down. I was expecting so much for this book that it would have an amazing plot and actions, but it didn't reach that so I was disappointed. Despite that fact, the ending was cruel, evil, brutal, and insane but I really think this book deserved an amazing ending like that. 
 This book was written from point of view of three characters. These characters are so well-developed and diverse. Alex Craft, who was so invested in violence after she killed a guy, who raped and murdered her sister and got away with it. She was such a strong character but we got to see that because of the violence, she was draining and breaking. To be honest, I didn't want to like her because of that but, I think I cared about her more than I should because of the ending. While she was working at an animal shelter, she became friends with Peekay, who got messed up by her ex-boyfriend and still missing him. Peekay was the kind of person whom I would want to hang out with. Jack wanted to get to know Alex really bad. I think I would have to leave him out of view because I really have no idea what to think about him. 
 Overall: I think this book is worth the read. I truly would recommend it to anyone but not to those who flinch at violence or aren't so much into rape culture. This book was great for what it is. Though, I shouldn't have rely on the cover that much.