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A review by yellowmoonreads
The Cherished by Patricia Sarrafian Ward
2.5
I was drawn in by the beautiful cover and was intrigued by the synopsis but was left feeling extremely disappointed to say the least.
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The writing itself was mediocre at best and they ending felt convenient and rushed. The characters were undesirable. The mother is a narcissist and the MC is immature and shows no real growth by the end. The only two characters I enjoyed were put down and shown extreme ableism and negativity for being "weird" or "strange".
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On that subject, none of the more sensitive topics were handled very well. Mental health was depicted in much the same way as my statement concerning ableism. The mother, who is pregnant, is referred to as fat, more specifically a "whale", by herself and her daughter on multiple occasions which just felt so unnecessary and odd.
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The single redeeming quality, if it can even be considered that, is that the story matter is interesting. I just honestly wish it has been written by a different author.
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Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with and ALC in exchange for an honest review.
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The writing itself was mediocre at best and they ending felt convenient and rushed. The characters were undesirable. The mother is a narcissist and the MC is immature and shows no real growth by the end. The only two characters I enjoyed were put down and shown extreme ableism and negativity for being "weird" or "strange".
🧚
On that subject, none of the more sensitive topics were handled very well. Mental health was depicted in much the same way as my statement concerning ableism. The mother, who is pregnant, is referred to as fat, more specifically a "whale", by herself and her daughter on multiple occasions which just felt so unnecessary and odd.
🧚
The single redeeming quality, if it can even be considered that, is that the story matter is interesting. I just honestly wish it has been written by a different author.
🧚
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with and ALC in exchange for an honest review.