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morebedsidebooks's review
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Transphobia
Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Antisemitism, Racism, Blood, Car accident, and Trafficking
Terrorism is an overreaching concern.library_dreamer's review
2.5
I had a really hard time getting through this one because of the way Jean talked about and treated women, especially a transgender woman. There's a possibility that something was lost in translation, but his attitudes and actions made it really hard to enjoy the rest of what should have been an interesting buddy traveling story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Misogyny
porshea's review
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
2.5
While this book has some merits involving showing us a contemporary Cameroon setting and sharing regional texts and cultural media that has gone without much regard in Western commentary, it suffers from the having a point of view character whose misogyny and internalized homophobia leads to awful treatment of a trans character and most women throughout the story. Because these harmful thoughts and behaviors go unchecked, the reader cannot tell if this is supposed to be commentary that the author hopes their audience will interrogate or a reflection of his own perspective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
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