Sorry, im over reading about “a world where motherhood is a competitive sport.” It’s been done a lot, much better and much worse. Please give us more interesting and nuanced portrayals of motherhood.

Despite the new study (here’s Buzzfeed’s take on it) showing that boys are just as likely to use exclusion and other social weapons to bully their peers as girls are, the Mean Girls dynamic is still a popular trope in all types of fiction, showcasing girls and women of all ages. Perhaps it’s because so many of us were left out at some point in our lives – or watched our own children be left out – that these stories still resonate with us. We want to see protagonists stop trying so hard to make friends with people who obviously don’t care about them, find a better set of pals, and watch the meanies lose everything. Because let’s face it – this rarely happens in real life.

I didn’t request this book, it just appeared in the download list, I am unsure of how it got there.