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Summary: If only it weren't out of print I would have ranked it a 10!
Review: I'm Wiccan and a feminist to boot. I actually borrowed this book from my library, intending to read it on the bus on the way to work. I was hoping it would be just as ill informed and disrespectful of my religion and my gender as it could possibly be. I wanted it to get my ire up and my blood boiling so I could give up caffeine and still arrive at the office wide awake.So why am I wandering around amazon.com looking to buy it? Because it was great! Sure, Brewer (via Bubba) pokes fun at the women of WOMB. Sure he shows entirely too much sympathy for the deprogrammer, and gives way too much credence to the guy's incorrect information about what he thinks is going on at WOMB. Who care?!? It was a great story. It's a rare murder mystery that I can't figure out ahead of the detective in the story. (Exempting, of course, the ones where we know the ending up front, which annoys the hell out of me.) But I had absolutely no clue who had killed the second victim until about three words after Bubba figured it out. And this wasn't for lack of clues, but due to good writing. And you want to talk about funny? I was laughing hard enough to give up coffee for two whole days! And I never felt the author was seriously contemptable of the women or their beliefs, particularly in view of the way they treat both Bubba and his girlfriend. (Whose name I have forgotten but was hoping to remember when I got my own copy of the book, dang it!) If this ever comes back into print, I'll be there with my grubby little dollar bills in hand. In the meantime, just know that it was really enjoyable.
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