A review by megancholic
Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

At times hilarious, nauseating, and titillating. This is a book about signifiers, and the convoluted web of symbolism makes me feel a need to read it again, almost instantly after finishing. Get over not liking the characters; you aren’t supposed to like them. Sasha is a delightfully bratty bulldozer, an absolute buzzkill, an inept chess master. Love living in her embarrassingly petty brain for a bit. 

MAJOR TW for body horror. The discomfort of these scenes was, for me, an embodiment of the abject shame of queerness and jealousy and of being unable to control how you are perceived, no matter how calculated you are. 
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