Review by hels_archive - The Unworthy

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The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

5.0

dark hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This story began with me in a similar headspace as the one I found myself in for Tender is the Flesh, only feeling more prepared for the despair and agony Bazeterrica had to offer since we’ve met in some way before. There’s a high degree of that at times, but I also shockingly found myself hopeful at the end. Enraged still yes, but not so much enraged in a nauseating way but productively enraged. In this novel this there is violent honesty, unobtrusive understanding, and tender hope born from love. A S.C.U.M. crafted narrative that rejects all potential false compassion mistakenly directed at those who most brutalize society. What Bazeterrica did here reminded me that we are all capable of harm, we are all to some degree motivated to avoid and subsequently instigate harm, but the powers pushing us to those places all share something irrefutable in common that only really AFAB/ queer/ transgender/ effeminate readers can accept unflinchingly as the truth. A good omen to reflect on during the current state of affairs.

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