A review by readingpicnic
Waif by Samantha Kolesnik

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

The men in this book are AWFUL and reminded me so much of every terrible man I've ever known, but I guess that's the point. I thought this was a good portrayal of grappling with misogyny and overcoming internalized homophobia and comphet (at least my reading of it). I didn't love the timeskip towards the end because the book is already so short, so I was a little annoyed. I also feel like the main character wasn't very consistent with how she acts and thinks, such as when she was stalking a guy and said that it was her divine fate to be with him; that kind of brazen, delusional thinking isn't really present towards the end of the book. Overall, this was enjoyable and well written, so I'm excited to discuss it with my book club :)
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