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In the Hands of Men

A Novel

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In the Hands of Men

By: Gin Sexsmith
Narrated by: Devery Jacobs
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This title contains mature themes, including sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised.

Haunted by the loss of her cousin, Delilah has curated a world of revenge—playing judge, jury and executioner while, you know, searching for love.

Maybe murdering gives her the control she craves. Maybe it fills the gaping hole that Cedar left when she disappeared. Maybe this rage is ancestral, dating back to all of the Indigenous women before her whose cases were closed without much of a search.

She’s never been close to getting caught, but as a virus ripples through the world, devolving men into animals, she gets a little sloppy. Now she must ask herself, is she a monster too, or is she simply taking her power back from the hands of men?

©2023 Gin Sexsmith (P)2024 Audible, Inc. Editors Select Genre Fiction Indigenous Creators LGBTQIA+ Creators Psychological

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About the Creator

Gin Sexsmith is a Mohawk writer and musician from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, and member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. Obsessed with the darker sides of our psyche, Gin’s work explores love, loss, sexuality, and mental illness.
Photo Credit: Duska Dragosavac

About the Performer

Devery Jacobs is an award-winning actress, writer, director, producer, and one of Hollywood’s most exciting rising stars. As a socially conscious voice from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, she uses her platform to advocate for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights.
Jacobs’ producorial debut narrative film Backspot, which is also executive produced by Elliot Page and directed by D.W. Waterson, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
She is currently in production for Oh.What.Fun, a holiday comedy from Amazon MGM, in which she will star opposite Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Dominic Sessa.
Jacobs stars in the Marvel series Echo to rave reviews. She recently voiced the character “Kahhori” in Marvel’s What If…? series. The character is Marvel’s first Indigenous-Mohawk superhero and throughout the entirety of her episode, Jacobs exclusively speaks in the Mohawk language. Jacobs starred as one of the leads in the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series Reservation Dogs, which follows a group of four Indigenous teens who live on an Oklahoma reservation. For her performance as “Elora Danan” in the FX/Hulu series Jacobs earned back-to-back 2023 and 2024 Critics’ Choice Award nominations for “Best Actress in a Comedy Series” and a Gotham Award nomination for “Outstanding Performance in a New Series.”
Photo credit: Ryan Pfluger

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While this is a valid style, including so much essay and opinion in a fiction story is not a style I like. There are murders and a sci fi in this book and it still feels more like an opinion essay than fiction. Some of the main points are not really explored but just used to lightly frame an essay about sexual violence. It is a good essay and an important subject and I am not sure this is the best way to discuss it.

Story within an essay

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didn't hold my attention. I really wanted to like it UT it felt like the story wasn't building up to anything. I gave up 5 hrs in.

slow

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Very much enjoyed kicking back and listening to! I found myself looking forward to listening more and more of it. I would have loved a longer listen.
Nice job, Gin and Devery!!

Loved it!

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As a feminist, I was looking forward to this listen and even pre-ordered it. I couldn't finish and ended up returning it because of the author's insistence on using the term "cis het". The wedging in of gender ideology completely negates the subject matter; ALL KINDS OF MALE PEOPLE commit murders and rapes, it's not somehow limited to straight men, athletic men, or men who prefer trousers. Even in a speculative fiction novel, viruses don't infect based on personal feelings. A virus can't tell if a man likes dresses or not. Male human beings do not change into female ones just because they have sex with other men or put on makeup. That's what makes them so dangerous; it's impossible to tell which ones are good.

Aside from that, the book was slow and heavy; I tried listening to it sped up and still couldn't get into it.

Excited about the concept, disappointed in the execution

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