I echo a lot of other reviewers' comments. I enjoyed Franzen's previous books -- especially Strong Motion and Corrections, but also Freedom. After those, Purity was a huge disappointment. I could not get past 50% on the Kindle, the story was so completely boring AND chauvinistic. The only part I enjoyed of the first half was the introductory descriptions of the Santa Cruz landscape, because I have lived there. After California, the book went straight downhill in the most tedious manner. I'm not even going to wait around til the real antifeminism I've heard about sets in, I hate the book enough already, and am not wasting any more time on it. Franzen is much too arrogant in his interviews to be allowed to publish this trash.