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The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

2 reviews

toadtornado's review

dark fast-paced

2.0

2 stars for:
•An extremely unlikeable main character who faces no true consequences for her actions.
•The last half of the book is nothing but a girlboss power trip fantasy.  
•author repeats things mentioned in earlier chapters like it’s some big revelation when the MC has know canonically since chapter 5. Sloppy writing.

Daniel’s death made me cackle because of how stupid it was

Good things about the book:
•how she describes music and ballet is beautiful 
•has that fun trashy book quality that keeps you interested just because it’s bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Cancer, Blood, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Car accident, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Abortion, and Pedophilia

frantically's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The ballet aspect of this book — the techniques, the industry, the trauma the ballerinas face was researched with obvious love and diligence and was really the highlight of the book. The supposed feministic message (if it can be called that?) was like trying to swim through musky water and it wasn't a fun experience. The ending was just a tad too ridiculous and perfect for my taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Pedophilia

Minor: Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content