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Manne introduces interesting concepts like “himpathy” and provides useful examples of how women are punished more than men when they act in morally reprehensible ways. Nevertheless, the book spends an excessive number of pages discussing the 2016 US Election and explaining why Hillary didn't win. As a non-american this was extremely annoying, as at times it felt like an “Ode to Hillary”. I almost gave it 2 stars because of all the discussion of how “Hillary lost because of misogyny”, while at least to me Hillary displayed misogynistic attitudes as well.

I have mixed feelings about this collection. Except for an abrupt and anticlimactic ending, the first story about the bodybuilder is excellent. However, among the rest, only an Exotic Marriage and Fitting Room caught my eye. The rest are absolutely forgetable. Nevertheless, I liked the author's ingenious premises, so I will check her other stories.

The start of the book and the depictions of a swimmer's routine and train of thought is absolutely sublime. It's such a pity that the book loses its rhythm and power during the second half.

The essays about Daoism, Epicureanism, and Existentialism are great, both in writing style and content. But the book suffers by being a collection of writings by various authors, as the quality of them is highly unequal.

I learnt about this book because of Rich Roll's and Lex Friedman's interviews with the author. The podcast's gave me great expectations about the book. But, sadly, page after page I was presented baseless claims about topics the author doesn't dominate at all.
The main message is “procrastination is bad”, as if that was some kind of divine revelation. But the whole book feels as “Dunning-Kruger, the extended version”