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Dec 17, 2017breemu rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
From the title, I thought this might be about strong (and not so strong) women trying to make it in the world of men on their own terms and with as little injury and trespass to their bodies and souls as possible (hence being labelled "difficult women" for not being compliant), but it is, rather, about women with serious mental health/self esteem issues who purposely choose to be abused and neglected. The stories are not told in a way that elucidates such things, or invokes compassion, but more as a lurid show-and-tell of just how perverse the author dare go. It began to feel more and more contrived and hollow with each story, and exceedingly dreary. I soon reached a point where I could no longer stand to be so pointlessly and repeatedly battered - unlike many of the characters - and stopped reading.