A review by vulgarboy
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

In a weird turn of events, this is now the worst book that I have ever read. I knew I was getting into something atypical, something radical, but this was a 300 page dumpster fire. This wasn't really horror, either. Sure there was some gore, but most of the parts meant to be tense or scary felt uninteresting or poorly executed. Aside from that, this felt like Misandry: The Book while also perpetuating the fetishization of non-cis folks. The one trans masc lead was only there for sex and basically nothing else. The personality the two trans femme characters have is completely absen after the first maybe 100-150 pages, one of which is reduced to little more than someone trying to get laid. Even the sex scenes weren't that great, often falling into again a weird fetishization of non-cis bodies or just straight up being bad. Don't even get me started on the one Indian character being called "Indi." I wish I was joking. The most compelling character was a TERF, in a book that is supposed to be so anti-TERF to the point it became "controversial" for killing JKR in the most boring way possible. This was a genuine atrocity masquerading as phenomenal story-telling with an interesting premise. It fell short in so many ways. Given the fact that it's written by a horny, terminally online author who claims there needs to be more sexual assault in the media (????), I'm MORE disgusted thanI originally thought possible. The only reason I gave this any stars at all was for the single compelling character who was- again- a TERF. Absolute garbage and waste of my time. 
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