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A review by firestorm2343
Monstrous by Jessica Lewis
5.0
I am DISRAUGHT!!!!
This book gave every IOTA it was supposed to give. I could (and might) spend years breaking down all of the things it did amazingly especially with the double edged sword of the complex reasons people do horrible things against the fact that victims have every right to be mad they were hurt and that bystanders didn't save them.
Or how people's perspective on how to handle something can change when they've been through it but because they've been through it they're dismissed or devalued.
The only thing I didn't like was early on there were a few moments of Allison showing some insecurity about her weight and Avie's response to was pretty harsh even thinking something along the lines of "nobody cares about your size.". And IRL, that's just not true, fat phobia is alive and well. But also in the book we learn that she was abused and her size was a part of it. There is a general "I was so rough on her" statement, but with the way it was written I would've either preferred an explicit "Damn, I was gaslighting her about this" or Avie could have simply had a more empathy about the topic to begin with if she had to have strong feelings about it at all.
Luckily that's only an issue that briefly comes up twice early on. Otherwise.
Phenomenal book. I can't recommend it enough!!!
This book gave every IOTA it was supposed to give. I could (and might) spend years breaking down all of the things it did amazingly especially with the double edged sword of the complex reasons people do horrible things against the fact that victims have every right to be mad they were hurt and that bystanders didn't save them.
Or how people's perspective on how to handle something can change when they've been through it but because they've been through it they're dismissed or devalued.
The only thing I didn't like was early on there were a few moments of Allison showing some insecurity about her weight and Avie's response to was pretty harsh even thinking something along the lines of "nobody cares about your size.". And IRL, that's just not true, fat phobia is alive and well. But also in the book we learn that she was abused and her size was a part of it. There is a general "I was so rough on her" statement, but with the way it was written I would've either preferred an explicit "Damn, I was gaslighting her about this" or Avie could have simply had a more empathy about the topic to begin with if she had to have strong feelings about it at all.
Luckily that's only an issue that briefly comes up twice early on. Otherwise.
Phenomenal book. I can't recommend it enough!!!