rozcoffey 's review for:

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

1.0

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so sad that i did not get this at all. the narrative is based on real sapphic women in a fiction style, but it just read like non-fiction. there was no charm or spirit to the style of writing and i agree with another review i read on here comparing it to reading various wikipedia pages on these women. i think i would have preferred this to be non-fiction actually, with there being no sense to the structure or the tying of these characters together, either. i persisted because the audiobook is on storytel, but the narrative could honestly not hold my attention and i don't remember half of the story despite only just finishing it. it was also based exclusively on the stories of rich white women, which was an interesting choice. i just find i can't enjoy stories that are not diverse/intersectional anymore. the concept can only go so far without a strong execution. sappho, you did not deserve this.