Soys of r/books praise foid 
torture porn so bleak it makes 40k look noblebright
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It's about Islamic martyrdom from the 40 virgin's perspective but the reddit soys are too reddit soy to see that.
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No it's a subtle reference to life in Trump's America
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I really think I'm right. I think I had a
moment and saw something all these redditors and book-tokkers missed!
I Who Have Never Known Men = virgins
There's 40 of them
They're treated like shit and don't know anything
It's all kept very vague because published in 1995, so written during Satanic Verses fatwa. This also lines up for when Islamic martyrdom 40 virgins thing would've first been widely learned about by Westerners.
It's like how they don't know Handmaiden's Tale is about Iranian revolution.
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Isn't it 72 virgins?
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Oh shit!
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It sounds stupid either way.
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Imagine needing emotional preparation for a book
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I'm sure the author appreciates her waiting to read it for free rather than pirating it right now.
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I can think of a few book endings that got me, but that's not the same thing as needing emotional preparation.
There's definitely a few films I want to see but I don't think I'd handle well unless I was in the right state of mind, though. Or that I'd ever deal with well.
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She should read Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
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If you ever have a thought like this, please consider minecrafting yourself.
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There is no mention of anything horrific in the book? Like what happens in the book that is actually so horrifying?
Waow. The demand for women's suffering is higher than the supply by 100s to 1000s of times.
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She's trying not to give spoilers, but the review mostly makes it sound like it's just about 40 women having a bleak, empty life, and there's no catharsis, or big revelations, or even setting explanations to do anything to take that feeling away.
I get that being an unsettling thoughtful experience if done well, but I wouldn't trust anonymous women on the internet's opinions about it, I've seen what else they fawn over.
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Really?
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Dunno.
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Have a nice day.
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You too!
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