I am desperately hoping that anyone who reads this book will be able to critique it all on their own, but Alice and Jen think that I am far too optimistic on this point.

Yes, but you're very good at moving beyond 'omg this is stupid' to carefully picking apart WHY it is stupid. I can't always articulate the wrongness, and 'throwing it across the room' is strangely not considered a valid critical response.

We stay friends with other women because we're used to having them around? Can we force-feed her the 'Chloe likes Olivia' bit of A Room of One's Own??