Helen Schulman

Read this in one gulp. Very good indeed. Closely observed. Chilling.

This is a novel based, I think, on Rose McGowan's fight against Harvey Weinstein's sexual predation. It's a little off-putting because the characters, even the ones you sympathize with, aren't very pleasant, but it seems realistic. Hollywood stars, like the rich, are different from the rest of us. Some of the things that happen seem too contrived to be real until you read about the lengths Weinstein went to to keep his reputation. May he rot in jail.

Read about on Early Word. Supposed to keep you up reading. Haven't had one of those in a long time.

As other reviewers have said, the SF angle of this book is overhyped. It's largely a domestic/marital drama. It's decently good, and well written, but it has very little originality to it; I felt like I'd read it several times before.