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The Xy
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
19 posts | 18 read | 12 to read
Sixty years after a virus wiped out nearly all men on earth, fourteen-year-old River finds a sick boy, Mason, and helps restore his health while learning dark truths behind the lies she has been told.
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OriginalCyn620
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
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Mehso-so

It‘s 60 years in the future, and men have been wiped out by a virus that attacks only the XY chromosome pairing. Women were left to run the world, and they got to work. But the virus still exists, so boys and men (born via IVF) live in isolation in places called Sanctuaries (much like plastic bubbles, as they can‘t go outside and risk infection). 15 y/o River, raised in a female-only society, encounters an injured XY, a male named Mason, and 👇🏻

OriginalCyn620 her decision to help him turns both their worlds upside-down. River, who was raised to believe that XYs were responsible for all the evils in once-was (the world before the virus) treats Mason badly at first. But Mason treats her badly as well, as he was raised believing that women are evil, valuing him and all other men only for their sperm, which is taken from them. 👇🏻 (edited) 4y
OriginalCyn620 I think this book raises interesting points, but the book is from just River‘s POV. I think maybe it would‘ve been more powerful if it had been told through both her‘s and Mason‘s perspectives. We got a little info about Mason‘s upbringing through his dialogue, but not enough to sense what it was truly like for him growing up. Because of that, the world-building didn‘t feel complete for me. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great review! 4y
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OriginalCyn620
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
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I started reading the tagged book today and made decent progress. I read 151 pages today, including my chapter of P&P! My total pages read is now 886.
#SuperSeptember

Andrew65 That‘s a great total! 👏👏👏🙌 4y
Ruthiella Well done! 😀 4y
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Meghan1
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
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Mehso-so

There were lots of things I liked about this book, but it wasn‘t unputdownable. I felt the plot was meandering in places.

This was Book 6 from #MountTBR.

DivineDiana At least your working on the TBR! 🙂 6y
Meghan1 @DivineDiana so true! 6y
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Meghan1
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
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I finished Incarceron last night (Wow!) and am going to start this one that I picked up at the #BNbookhaul. This book is the winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. award, for exploring and expanding gender.

Bookladylinda I think I saw this book at the book store today. 🤔 6y
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NightlyReading
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
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Current read

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MeesesPieces
The Xy | Virginia Bergin
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Mehso-so

Just started reading this book and the story is good but I‘m not enjoying the narration. I hope it gets better because it really has potential.

RaimeyGallant Good to know. :) And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
MeesesPieces @RaimeyGallant thank you. The Litsy tips are very helpful. I look forward to learning and interacting more. 6y
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gingegingeginge
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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Latest charity shop find, £1.75!

I've heard this is a particularly good book, with a really interesting concept - according to the blurb, a virus wipes out all the men on the planet leaving just females, with males thought to be extinct until the main character River meets one.

Anyone read this before?

rather_be_reading welcome to litsy!! 📚🎉📚 @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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silentrequiem
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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New Tiptree Award winner! Has anyone read this? I'm intrigued.

TrishB Not read this yet, read her others. She is a friend of a friend so I was very excited to hear about this 😁 7y
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dibs_j
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Panpan

This book had such an interesting concept - a matriarchy after a virus wipes out men - but unfortunately it wasn't fully realised. The world felt half built and too reminiscent of a patriarchal world. And a lot of the concepts felt a little stereotypical and clichéd. I enjoyed the read but it wasn't particularly original or thought-provoking.

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dibs_j
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booksarealive
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Pickpick

I just finished 'Who runs the World?' by Virginia Bergin. It's a story about a future without men. Fifteen year old River hasn't thought about men and women until she finds Mason, a runaway boy. At first boys were represented as the evil guys and Bergin repeatedly showed this with the words 'Man. Men. Murder. Guns. War. Kill'. But after a while River discovers the truth about the male gender. I enjoyed the book but it didn't have this wow moment.

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E.gordon
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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Just Finished rebel of the sands ready to get into another book sadly I don't have the sequel yet so I have decided to read this because I think this will be a very interesting read

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booksarealive
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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》'We are not lost,' she said calmly. 'We are running the world.'《

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Jilljemmett
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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Pickpick

‪Who Runs The World by @VeeBergin @MacKidsBooks has a world without men! 4🌟https://jilljemmett.com/2017/07/03/who-runs-the-world/ #bookblog #review

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booksarealive
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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i originally wanted to read a bit this evening but the weekend was exhausting and now i need my beauty sleep :) #whorunstheworld #virginiabergen

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itsabookwormthing
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
Panpan

I was kind of really disappointed and put the book after 30 pages away. #nope

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booksarealive
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my two cr rn :)

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read_and_seek
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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A few Uncorrected Proof Copies on my TBR... #bookish #biblio

booksandskittles I've read Contagion and it's AWESOME! 🙊💕 7y
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booksandskittles
Who Runs the World? | Virginia Bergin
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'She is miles from home.
She feels no fear.
Why would she? There are no predators. No such thing as ghosts.
Fear belongs to another time. It lives on only in the memories of others.
She feels no fear at all.
Not even when she sees it: the body lying in the middle of the road.' Who Runs The World?, Virginia Bergin. 💞 #booklover #feminist #books #booklove

Faith_in_words I had never heard if that Book but now I feel like I need to read this! ὠA 7y
booksandskittles @Faith_in_words You totally should!! ❤ 7y
Faith_in_words @booksandskittles then I totally will! ὉF 7y
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