An interesting novel showing the differing effects on a group of women during their college days of organised callous sexual abuse by a group of men. I enjoyed the mystery angle when the perpetrators start receiving poetic justice, and the erotic / emotional awakening of the central character Holly and the character arc of the bachelor reporter David Wells.On reflection, the more interesting untold story is of the perpetrators: is it really possible for people to become so de-sensitised as to commit such actions, how does it happen, how do they live with themselves afterwards? In other words, on reflection, I don't really believe in the remorseless villains of the story, at least not the way they are portrayed here. There must surely be an objectification process, of sub-humanising of the victims, as occurred in Nazi Germany, for this to happen. See Spider-Man 2 for an object lesson in how to create a credibly nuanced, sympathetic villain (Doctor Octopus).
