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A review by emilykatereads
The Cerulean by Amy Ewing
Did not finish book.
This is officially the biggest disappointment of 2019, and it's only a month in.
Can someone explain to me why this book has been hyped as a sapphic utopia for so long so, and now the official blurb has nothing about this sapphic world, and what we're actually getting is a boring fantasy about a straight girl???
Oh I know, it's so this book gets all the credit of being diverse and giving us a glimpse of this poly sapphic society of all magical woman in the beginning of the book, but then gives us a different story and doesn't do any of the work to make a quality diverse story. The queer character this book does give us, instead, is stuck in a ridiculously homophobic and misogynist community, and she's "not like other girls." An actual line from the book.
I DNFd this one @ 40%. I kept reading on after realizing it was actually a story about a straight girl, but the story I was getting was ultimately boring and not capturing my attention either. This book is too long to continue reading to just be mad at what this book isn't and what it could've been.
ARC provided by the publisher for an honest review
Review can also be found on my blog!
Can someone explain to me why this book has been hyped as a sapphic utopia for so long so, and now the official blurb has nothing about this sapphic world, and what we're actually getting is a boring fantasy about a straight girl???
Oh I know, it's so this book gets all the credit of being diverse and giving us a glimpse of this poly sapphic society of all magical woman in the beginning of the book, but then gives us a different story and doesn't do any of the work to make a quality diverse story. The queer character this book does give us, instead, is stuck in a ridiculously homophobic and misogynist community, and she's "not like other girls." An actual line from the book.
I DNFd this one @ 40%. I kept reading on after realizing it was actually a story about a straight girl, but the story I was getting was ultimately boring and not capturing my attention either. This book is too long to continue reading to just be mad at what this book isn't and what it could've been.
ARC provided by the publisher for an honest review
Review can also be found on my blog!