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A review by rubeusbeaky
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
1.0
DNF :/. It's clearly Black Wolf of Wall Street, and that's fine; using your writing to highlight the disparity between races in the American workforce is important. But the book's "humor" is unnecessarily vulgar and racist. I only read as far as p.77, and had to stop, because my delicate little snowflake inner ear couldn't handle hearing:
- White people referred to as pigment-deficient, mayonnaise-loving, Seinfeld-watching, Columbus-Day-celebrating WASPs.
- A white woman's smile described as "beaming like a firefly's ass."
- A suicide attempt referred to as "selfish" because it occurred on a subway track, and slowed the protagonist's commute.
- Constantly using the word "retard" in a derogatory manner.
I had to stop. Having a message is a great thing. But wrapping it up in sputum... who is going to listen to you?
Maybe somebody won't mind the trash talk, and will appreciate this book more. I was not that somebody :/.
- White people referred to as pigment-deficient, mayonnaise-loving, Seinfeld-watching, Columbus-Day-celebrating WASPs.
- A white woman's smile described as "beaming like a firefly's ass."
- A suicide attempt referred to as "selfish" because it occurred on a subway track, and slowed the protagonist's commute.
- Constantly using the word "retard" in a derogatory manner.
I had to stop. Having a message is a great thing. But wrapping it up in sputum... who is going to listen to you?
Maybe somebody won't mind the trash talk, and will appreciate this book more. I was not that somebody :/.