This was not an enjoyable read. Whilst thought provoking and in some of it's more lucid moments interesting themes and ideas (language and it's impact on the way we percieve the world) are explored, the many rapes that occur in the book feel excessive and meaningless. The language she uses is actively hostile, why use risible when you could use ludicrous or refer to cholera as a spirochete, unless you're trying to break a readers immersion by forcing them to check a dictionary every half a page. Between the language used, two dimensional depictions of other cultures (satiric??) and again the excessive rape this is not a book that wants you to feel comfortable while reading it. If you're into metaphysics and references to classic 19th century writing then this book is more likely to interest you, but most of the references went over my head.