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thethirdlie 's review for:
Black Mouth
by Ronald Malfi
My second, and last, Malfi.
Utterly derivative, almost a direct copy of King (who I also dislike, so there's no fangirling here about copying.) Malfi's constant need to describe Dennis in terms of his physical appearance was a disheartening look at what the author believes of the disabled community - Dennis never exists as a character on his own, he is the fat fingered, small eyed, round bellied, meaty armed, whatever other stereotypical descriptor you can pick for a disabled person. It is a shame this was allowed to be published. Next up is Clay with vitiligo who is often described as monstrous because of his condition. Again, here is a character who cannot exist without being described constantly in terms of his physical appearance. He is more than his physical condition.
Being derivative of other works, the story here just doesn't work - things happen simply because similar things happened in other stories and worked, but here they make no sense and aren't fitting of the world.
PSA, if you aren't a fan of random, gruesome animal violence you should skip this one.
Utterly derivative, almost a direct copy of King (who I also dislike, so there's no fangirling here about copying.) Malfi's constant need to describe Dennis in terms of his physical appearance was a disheartening look at what the author believes of the disabled community - Dennis never exists as a character on his own, he is the fat fingered, small eyed, round bellied, meaty armed, whatever other stereotypical descriptor you can pick for a disabled person. It is a shame this was allowed to be published. Next up is Clay with vitiligo who is often described as monstrous because of his condition. Again, here is a character who cannot exist without being described constantly in terms of his physical appearance. He is more than his physical condition.
Being derivative of other works, the story here just doesn't work - things happen simply because similar things happened in other stories and worked, but here they make no sense and aren't fitting of the world.
PSA, if you aren't a fan of random, gruesome animal violence you should skip this one.