Sarah Gailey's books are hit or miss for me, as their approach to each work is so starkly unique each time. This book was on my highly anticipated list, because of Gailey but also because of the description. I used to teach in a STEM university, albeit not in a STEM field, so I was eager to read a depiction of what many of my colleagues have to go through in terms of misogyny in the sciences/research. This book certainly delivered on that front, and I also appreciated the wild premise of the narrative and some of the wild plot twists that happen throughout what is a deceptively short book. However, I didn't enjoy the writing style/interiority of the central character, and this made the experience of reading the novel more of a slog than I'd hoped for. I can appreciate what Gailey was going for, and I'm all for an 'unlikeable' heroine, particularly given the political points being made here, but Evelyn's family trauma informs her self-policing to such an extent that it made me cringe every time she'd try to self-correct. And the cringe was the point, but I try to avoid that experience in my reading, when possible.