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A review by mo_mentan
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
2.0
uuuh i hated that one.
this is where i promise i will never again read any reviews before i finish reading a novel. some of the goodreads reviews made such good points about the slut shaming in this installment, i got angry and thus went with anger into that particularly icky dialogue and then had to go google and see if there was more about it and tadaaa - i spoiled myself by accident. from that point onwards it was so unbeatable, i listened to it on 1.5 speed (which i reserve for books i hate deeply) and it was nevertheless a miracle that i got through.
oh yes, the slut shaming in this one. i don't think i have ever encountered anything that blatantly misogynist. stack the homophobia and that old trope of an older women seducing a straight young girl on top and there you have it: a novel written by a once brilliant but also very obviously bitter old woman, sho thought feminism was a menace.
also, of course the older lesbian murders three people out of her "mislead love", but how could anyone be so cruel and think that a man who has raped and assaulted several women could kill his girlfriend? who also was just such a loose girl!!!1!
gross. grossgrossgross. and this was written in 1971. i need a christie-break for sure.
this is where i promise i will never again read any reviews before i finish reading a novel. some of the goodreads reviews made such good points about the slut shaming in this installment, i got angry and thus went with anger into that particularly icky dialogue and then had to go google and see if there was more about it and tadaaa - i spoiled myself by accident. from that point onwards it was so unbeatable, i listened to it on 1.5 speed (which i reserve for books i hate deeply) and it was nevertheless a miracle that i got through.
oh yes, the slut shaming in this one. i don't think i have ever encountered anything that blatantly misogynist. stack the homophobia and that old trope of an older women seducing a straight young girl on top and there you have it: a novel written by a once brilliant but also very obviously bitter old woman, sho thought feminism was a menace.
also, of course the older lesbian murders three people out of her "mislead love", but how could anyone be so cruel and think that a man who has raped and assaulted several women could kill his girlfriend? who also was just such a loose girl!!!1!
gross. grossgrossgross. and this was written in 1971. i need a christie-break for sure.