I love getting approved for audiobooks on NetGalley because I love having the experience of a narrator emphasizing the story in the way that possibly the author intended ... however, I think the audiobook probably made this experience a bad one for me. This story was offensive and hard to stomach, and I'm actually shocked I got through the whole thing. Would not recommend it.

This title was too dark for me. However, I think many people will really enjoy it. I can see many public libraries including this title in their collections, in both print and digital formats.

I was initially interested in this because I enjoy dystopian sci-fi, and I loved The Leftovers and even some of Left Behind. I think this book tried, but it just didn’t hit the mark for me.

We start with a woman camping with her son and husband. When she wakes up, they’re both gone. She calls for them and searches, finally calling emergency services. She then learns there’s been a mass disappearance of everyone with a Y chromosome. She can’t believe what she’s hearing and keeps searching for them.

Finally back in civilization, women are crying and hugging each other. The gravity of the situation is becoming clear. Government is in shambles, nuclear plants are understaffed, planes have crashed because the pilots disappeared leaving no way into the cockpit.

We cycle through other women searching for the men in their lives or looking for ways to adapt to this new reality. Conspiracy theories are flying and a lot of women are having to face their issues.

Then The Men appear on TV. What’s that all about? They don’t know if it’s real or a deep fake. Credits show and it replays. Very creepy stuff.

I didn’t know about the controversy surrounding this until I had started the audiobook and was looking at some reviews. So I was sure to be alert for any bigotry and I did not see any. Trans women disappeared and it was seen as an injustice. So that’s all I can say on that front. I hate that the author had to set her accounts to private over this.

It simply wasn’t the kind of dystopia I like. The narration was good. It started off strong but as the women were traveling around I got bored and I got people mixed up. We lost the creepy factor and moved more into thriller movie type of content in my opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and author for the chance to listen and review!

I kind of felt like I had already read this -- it just seemed very cliched and derivative. I couldn't get into it, and I didn't finish it.

Every single person with a Y chromosome disappears. No one knows why, how or where.

Looking at that piece from the synopsis I feel this books plot line was not as it was described. It starts off with this "bang" factor and then a whole different storyline comes into action.

I really struggled getting to know the characters as all the other topic's discussed kind of overshadowed the actual plot line and character building. I was hoping for a "cool end of the world" book. I really did like the narrator, she was fantastic with a great voice.

Thank you Netgalley and RB Media for the opportunity to review this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.