Honestly, I could not even finish this book. I took a break about halfway because I had no time to read and now I can't bring myself to finish it. 
 Not sure if J. Courtney Sullivan was aiming to write a novel that focused on feminism because it featured a "great friendship" between 4 girls who dormed together but this book was just so cliche. Of course since they went to an all-girls college, (view spoiler)[one of the characters just had to have an affair with a male professor (hide spoiler)]. And there had to be some super crazy radical feminists--honestly, the only mention of feminism in the book? And it's portrayed really negatively. Let's not forget that during college parties girls would make out with other girls because, duh, they're at an all-girls school! (view spoiler)[And of course because of the statistic that 1 in 4 girls who go to college are raped, one of the girls had to have been raped. But she was okay! It didn't traumatize her! (hide spoiler)] 
 It's like Sullivan made a list of college stereotypes and then wrote it all up in this book. Not to mention just the way the book was written--it kept jumping from scene to scene. 
 I don't understand how this book was a NYT Bestseller but seeing as she had written for the New York Times and attended Smith College, I'm not too surprised. I guess connections really do matter!