ellesoftly 's review for:

Ten by Gretchen McNeil

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The use of the word "Esk*mo" is jarring for a book published in 2013, a time where we--as readers and hopefully as writers--should already know that it is considered a slur. Was there no other way to convey the same imagery? If this is just a small detail and I'm nitpicking, it shouldn't also be so big that it can't have been changed.