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adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Of all the things that rubbed me wrong about this book, from its rah rah girlboss girlpower vibes, to it's paper thin antagonist, to fixing dementia with magic , it's the fact that the covid pandemic is canon to this book and not once is a character shown taking any precaution against it. "Oh but you see, the book takes place in 2022 so it's not an issue anymore!" As of the time I'm writing this review in late 2023, over 1,000 Americans have died directly from covid each week for the last 11 weeks in a row. If the author didn't want to deal with the thought of masks or air filtration or testing, all she had to do was remove a single sentence confirming the pandemic existed. That's it! But no, her thinking about the pandemic was as shallow as her thoughts on feminism and capitalism.
The main thing it had going for it was that at least this girlboss book has a genuinely diverse cast of women who are allowed to be girlbosses, including a trans woman and many women of color, that was a nice touch. However, I have never known a trans person who would immediately offer up their dead name to a stranger like that. It was just a mess.
The main thing it had going for it was that at least this girlboss book has a genuinely diverse cast of women who are allowed to be girlbosses, including a trans woman and many women of color, that was a nice touch. However, I have never known a trans person who would immediately offer up their dead name to a stranger like that. It was just a mess.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Dementia, Transphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Deadnaming, and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture
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