Scan barcode
A review by mnboyer
Pinned by Sharon G. Flake
1.0
PopSugar 2023 reading challenge #33
This book had the potential to be a great piece of young adult fiction: students of different races, students with different learning challenges/abilities, students with family drama, students with different levels of ableness, etc.
All of this gets completely overshadowed by the fact that consent is completely ignored several times throughout the story. The short version: Autum stalks Adonis, climbs onto his lap without his permission, and kisses him without permission. Even after Adonis asks Autumn to stop and leave him alone, she continues to advance upon him and stalk him. There are some HUGE red flags here that I think are completely ignored by the author. Are readers truly supposed to ignore all of this... really?!
Every other decent storyline in this story gets shoved aside because you cannot ignore the issues of consent and stalking. I'm so ashamed that an editor/publisher didn't bring this up with the author. To be very clear: this isn't a story where these two issues are later addressed and youth can learn about negative and dangerous behaviors. No! By the end of the story it is pretty much Autumn gets her way and now her and Adonis are a thing because... either he suddenly comes around or she has pushed her way into his life and he's just accepted it. Eeek. So problematic!
Not. a. Healthy. Example. of. Relationships!
This book had the potential to be a great piece of young adult fiction: students of different races, students with different learning challenges/abilities, students with family drama, students with different levels of ableness, etc.
All of this gets completely overshadowed by the fact that consent is completely ignored several times throughout the story. The short version: Autum stalks Adonis, climbs onto his lap without his permission, and kisses him without permission. Even after Adonis asks Autumn to stop and leave him alone, she continues to advance upon him and stalk him. There are some HUGE red flags here that I think are completely ignored by the author. Are readers truly supposed to ignore all of this... really?!
Every other decent storyline in this story gets shoved aside because you cannot ignore the issues of consent and stalking. I'm so ashamed that an editor/publisher didn't bring this up with the author. To be very clear: this isn't a story where these two issues are later addressed and youth can learn about negative and dangerous behaviors. No! By the end of the story it is pretty much Autumn gets her way and now her and Adonis are a thing because... either he suddenly comes around or she has pushed her way into his life and he's just accepted it. Eeek. So problematic!
Not. a. Healthy. Example. of. Relationships!