A review by applesodaperson
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
Yeah so I am honestly not sure if my problems with this book would have gone away or gotten better if I had kept reading, but the sheer amount of issues I had within just the first 15 minutes made me want to not find out. I didn’t like how she immediately described herself as short and skinny compared to her husband, while saying the exact weight difference. It felt very uwu ya novel protagonist. I also hated how violent and aggrieved her husband was, lashing out multiple times. I also didn’t like the characterization of the planned parenthood doctor. I also am just not a fan of positive motherhood stories. I only like reading about motherhood if the baby is evil. I also didn’t like how the book just expected me to know what the heck an owl baby is?? Like yeah it probably explains it later, but she should have just explained it before she starts saying owl baby in every sentence. Like how on earth do you know it won’t like the father??? Literally what the hell does owl baby mean??? Yeah so the fact that I had this many problems with it within only the first 15 minutes of listening to it made me dnf it.
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