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A review by mirandaleighhhh
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
I wasn’t expecting this to be great based on the cover of the copy I got from the library, but I was looking forward to another whimsical palette cleanser with the second installment. I’m so disappointed ☹️
There is excessive fat shaming (I mean really so much I was rolling my eyes), and the depiction of Arab culture and characterizations were racist. I’m confused that there aren’t more reviews discussing this. I skimmed through the rest to find insane shit about killing cats (apparently Sophie is in this and is a cat) and what appears to be human trafficking of his relatives who bare the brunt of the fat shaming??????????? ….?
I don’t care that this came out in the 90’s, it made me feel gross and honestly angry and it’s not worth my time. And what’s more is the story is so boring! I do not understand why she wrote this at all.
I am going to attempt to read House of Many Ways since I already got it from the library, but it’s really all soured for me now
There is excessive fat shaming (I mean really so much I was rolling my eyes), and the depiction of Arab culture and characterizations were racist. I’m confused that there aren’t more reviews discussing this. I skimmed through the rest to find insane shit about killing cats (apparently Sophie is in this and is a cat) and what appears to be human trafficking of his relatives who bare the brunt of the fat shaming??????????? ….?
I don’t care that this came out in the 90’s, it made me feel gross and honestly angry and it’s not worth my time. And what’s more is the story is so boring! I do not understand why she wrote this at all.
I am going to attempt to read House of Many Ways since I already got it from the library, but it’s really all soured for me now
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Body shaming