Sherby, I finished the book last night! I won't lie to you, my heart sank when I saw it as it wouldn't have been my first choice but isn't that the beauty of these swaps . I did think it was a bit anthropological text books in parts but the characters did become endearing and I was left with a sense of 'oh, I wonder what happens in the next one' which surprised me.
I found most of it really interesting from a feminist point of view in-as-much as I felt frustrated by the social systems exhibited in the novel and enjoyed the response that it provoked in me. I think it gave me a greater appreciation of the society in which we live where I am able to pursue any activity that interests me and verbalise my opinions without recrimination.
If I took all of this out of it then surely that must make it a good choice- it also made me chastise myself for the neutrality of my own choice of book- I didn't want to send out anything that people were a bit about but I wish I had now. Well done you.
Oh and have you read the other books?