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A review by the_grimdragon
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
DNF
I was wicked excited for this, since it's about alien translators-- sounds fascinating!
Unfortunately, in the first 30 or so pages, there are various fatphobic comments. The last paragraph during the visit to Lydia's mum's place, especially. Rather than having a fat character & them being accepted as such, this feels like it's explaining away someone's weight & further reiterating that being fat isn't okay. The fact this comes after numerous descriptors of "heavy" & one just becomes fucking tired, y'know?
Just because this dude wrote for the Doctor Who franchise, does not mean my wibbly-wobbly ass is going to finish this (there were some definite timey-wimey vibes lacking, needless to say!)
I was wicked excited for this, since it's about alien translators-- sounds fascinating!
Unfortunately, in the first 30 or so pages, there are various fatphobic comments. The last paragraph during the visit to Lydia's mum's place, especially. Rather than having a fat character & them being accepted as such, this feels like it's explaining away someone's weight & further reiterating that being fat isn't okay. The fact this comes after numerous descriptors of "heavy" & one just becomes fucking tired, y'know?
Just because this dude wrote for the Doctor Who franchise, does not mean my wibbly-wobbly ass is going to finish this (there were some definite timey-wimey vibes lacking, needless to say!)