A review by grace_b_3
Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
The writing style just wasn’t for me. Normally, I try to give books at least 50 pages, but I didn’t see the point with this one as I could already tell it wasn’t for me. If you aren’t of a literary bent, I’d skip this one. 

Upon looking more into this (I read some reviews to see if I should have given it more of a chance),
it seems like the main character Sasha is a bit of a self-insert for the author. The author wrote an essay called “High Femme Camp Antics” which has a lot of parallels to the little of Dykette that I read.
To be honest, learning that really solidified my decision to DNF this book for me.
An “unlikable” protagonist seems a little different when that character is espousing some of the author’s own views and characteristics. It seems less like a storytelling choice.
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