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libbrarian 's review for:
Frankissstein
by Jeanette Winterson
Had some entertaining bits and concepts, but the one POC in the book was a racist caricature of Black people, and there was an uncomfortable amount of anti-transness expressed by certain characters that the author let slide. I understand having characters who don’t understand or respect trans people (the protagonist of this book is trans/non-binary, though the word non-binary is never mentioned, which made me really question if the author has any sort of credibility in this subject? I’m fairly certain Jeanette Winterson is not trans or non-binary, but I’ll have to look it up. This book just reeks of a lack of #ownvoices though) but some of the things said to and about Ry were blatantly offensive, and to not combat those things within your text at some other point inherently furthers the stigma against trans folks.
I also just did not even know what was happening at the end. Maybe there were allusions to some historical or literary concepts happening that were going over my head, but the more likely explanation is just that the ending wasn’t written well (or perhaps was written to be purposefully obfuscating).
I also just did not even know what was happening at the end. Maybe there were allusions to some historical or literary concepts happening that were going over my head, but the more likely explanation is just that the ending wasn’t written well (or perhaps was written to be purposefully obfuscating).