Dietland

Fascinating, as a sort of second-wave feminist version of Fight Club. The most compelling plotline to me was Plum's transformation from someone who was waiting for her life to begin into someone who made her life into what she wanted. All the Jennifer stuff was interesting but never quite intersected with Plum as much as I'd like, and it was a little hard to tell what the narrative thought of Jennifer - is it satire or wish-fulfillment? (Though, of course it could be both, and of course the narrative ambiguity may be intentional.) I love how completely this book centers women and their perspectives as well; I didn't realize until writing this review that there are essentially no male characters of note, and certainly no romance plot.