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The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra
1 review
janaikam's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Received as an e-arc from NetGalley
This book had a lot of themes surrounding racism, sexual assault, and fatphobia. It also talked heavily about the rumors especially in high school.
For me, a lot of things felt very forced like they wanted to bring up all these issues in one book instead of focusing on a few issue to where it feels like these issues that are brought up don’t get their full development, which really takes away from the story.
I found it hard to like a lot of the characters because most of them just weren’t like able and it was a very weird disconnect from this story.
All in all the story read like it was written by adults who don’t really know what teens are like, but have a general understanding
This book had a lot of themes surrounding racism, sexual assault, and fatphobia. It also talked heavily about the rumors especially in high school.
For me, a lot of things felt very forced like they wanted to bring up all these issues in one book instead of focusing on a few issue to where it feels like these issues that are brought up don’t get their full development, which really takes away from the story.
I found it hard to like a lot of the characters because most of them just weren’t like able and it was a very weird disconnect from this story.
All in all the story read like it was written by adults who don’t really know what teens are like, but have a general understanding
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Racism, and Sexual assault
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