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reneeyik 's review for:
The PostScript Murders
by Elly Griffiths
This book started off strong, but really fell short for me. 2.5, but I'll round it to 3.
Other than the plot itself (that was a bit lackluster at the end) the way that Harbinder was written really irked me. I honestly checked the backflap to see what the author looked like because the way that Harbinder experienced racism, prejudice, and stereotypes felt extremely inauthentic (while also in the same page she was making stereotypes and assumptions about Russians). Her reactions, responses, and the way she was treated throughout the book was what I can only categorize it as "what a white person thinks racism feels like in modern-day society," to put it lightly.
Other than the plot itself (that was a bit lackluster at the end) the way that Harbinder was written really irked me. I honestly checked the backflap to see what the author looked like because the way that Harbinder experienced racism, prejudice, and stereotypes felt extremely inauthentic (while also in the same page she was making stereotypes and assumptions about Russians). Her reactions, responses, and the way she was treated throughout the book was what I can only categorize it as "what a white person thinks racism feels like in modern-day society," to put it lightly.