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I was interested in this because of the Netflix show, but upon starting to read it, I could not bring myself to finish.
With a bland protagonist who’s both “not like other girls” yet still “a girly girl” who doesn’t know what Lord of the Rings is and treats boys like an alien species to be studied and understood, yet of a lower class, it alienates her to the reader. Not only that, most of the boys themselves were difficult to empathise with their actions, and the most problematic of them was painted as the love interest. Jackie’s cluelessness towards Cole was frustrating, and everyone’s attitudes towards the Walter boys as some sort of Herculean family was tiresome. It contains all of the worst wattpad tropes, including them in the most stale way possible.
With a bland protagonist who’s both “not like other girls” yet still “a girly girl” who doesn’t know what Lord of the Rings is and treats boys like an alien species to be studied and understood, yet of a lower class, it alienates her to the reader. Not only that, most of the boys themselves were difficult to empathise with their actions, and the most problematic of them was painted as the love interest. Jackie’s cluelessness towards Cole was frustrating, and everyone’s attitudes towards the Walter boys as some sort of Herculean family was tiresome. It contains all of the worst wattpad tropes, including them in the most stale way possible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
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