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A review by deemakb
The Empathy Problem by Gavin Extence
2.0
At least until 50 pages before the book ended, I felt like I could give it credit for at least going in a different route than what is expected out of a book with this premise. But nope. It went exactly like how I thought it would go.
I really couldn’t dislike the main character or the love interest anymore, even after the “redemption arc”.
Not to mention the outright racism and ignorance of the main character that (while I understand was a part of his villain thing) kept just nagging at me while reading the book but wasn’t addressed or corrected at all by the end. When writing a character that’s racist against very misinterpreted minorities, I personally think the least you can do is set the record straight about what your character said that is false and what the truth actually is, or you could easily choose another minority for your character to be racist against.
I really couldn’t dislike the main character or the love interest anymore, even after the “redemption arc”.
Not to mention the outright racism and ignorance of the main character that (while I understand was a part of his villain thing) kept just nagging at me while reading the book but wasn’t addressed or corrected at all by the end. When writing a character that’s racist against very misinterpreted minorities, I personally think the least you can do is set the record straight about what your character said that is false and what the truth actually is, or you could easily choose another minority for your character to be racist against.