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lilacs_book_bower's review
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? It's complicated
2.75
Well, the mystery is good, and I love stories set at conventions, but Jacqueline is smug and I never super love her as a character. The main issue is this book was rampant with fatphobia (and there is one use of the word transvestite). One of the suspects is an overweight troubled teen, and the negative descriptions of her weight is constant. It had been a long time since I had read this one, and I hadn't remembered how constant it was. I also think that EP probably only did surface level research into the romance field because some of the things she said didn't make sense. Like 10 published books dominate more than half of the bookshelves? That just doesn't add up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Body shaming, Dementia, Fatphobia, Child death, and Murder
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