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dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Thanks to Doubleday Books for the free advance copy of this book.
- AMERICAN MERMAID is two stories in one: Penelope's move to Hollywood interspersed with excerpts from the novel that took her there. As the book progresses, the two stories begin to converge and reality muddles.
- This book is an outrageous satire, each chapter more outlandish than the last, all commenting on the commercialization and flattening of modern feminism.
- However, I do want to note that there is some majorly ableist language and thought that is never really addressed (the book within the book's heroine is in a wheelchair), as well as some murky inclusion of asexuality that is only kind of explored. It wasn't clear to me if these viewpoints were of the characters or of the author.
- AMERICAN MERMAID is two stories in one: Penelope's move to Hollywood interspersed with excerpts from the novel that took her there. As the book progresses, the two stories begin to converge and reality muddles.
- This book is an outrageous satire, each chapter more outlandish than the last, all commenting on the commercialization and flattening of modern feminism.
- However, I do want to note that there is some majorly ableist language and thought that is never really addressed (the book within the book's heroine is in a wheelchair), as well as some murky inclusion of asexuality that is only kind of explored. It wasn't clear to me if these viewpoints were of the characters or of the author.
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Suicide attempt, War, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
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