A review by readingotaku
Luster by Raven Leilani

Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.
Honestly this book was boring and the main character Edie is so unlikabke. Also why is every other page these awkward, clunky, super explicit sex scenes. Read the synopsis and it honestly didn’t sound like it really went anywhere. I got a third of the book out of the way, and it still felt like I was on the first page. It just was much too slow for my reading tastes.
I also hated how Edie slept with everyone in her office, went on porn sites on her work computer, and generally was just a sex addict insecure childish lady instead of making this a story about her challenged relationship and her learning why she didn’t need a man. Also found it strange to highlight blacks white literally every page. Now I’m very pro Black but the way it was done in this book was so mediocre and cringey.
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