{"title":"Science Fiction","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"tier-1","title":"Tier 1","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy this book is a disappointment to the family:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's the first book I ever wrote, and I didn't know anything about genres or trope expectations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasically, this is a dystopian women's fiction book (tell me when you find that on Amazon's categories!).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe main character is a wife and mother, not the brooding teenager of most dystopian best-sellers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's a little slow to start, and I use way too many adverbs. 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