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A review by icanreadish
Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis
slow-paced
2.5
I hate every single character in this book, but I like that they're messy and overdramatic. A lot of them read like very real, very painful depictions of yuppy, white self-flagellating lesbians in desperate need of hobbies. And that can be fun! It can! It can be fun and awful and a blast to read!
I might've enjoyed this book more if the narrative wasn't such a slog to get through. Cutting at least 40% of this book - made up mostly of Sasha's whining, monologuing about pop culture, diatribes on who's fucking or not, how much Sasha hates Jesse or other-femme Darcy - would've made for a much better read. There isn't a plot, so I really don't see why it had to be so long (And yes - I know it's only like 312 pages but it FEELS SO LONG) I do think there's a difference between your characters being insufferable and your book being insufferable.
Picked this up as a 30 year old lesbian thinking it'd check my boxes of a gay satire but instead I just felt bored and annoyed. It's as performative as it's characters, and equally as unremarkable while pretending it's something revolutionary because Gay.
I might've enjoyed this book more if the narrative wasn't such a slog to get through. Cutting at least 40% of this book - made up mostly of Sasha's whining, monologuing about pop culture, diatribes on who's fucking or not, how much Sasha hates Jesse or other-femme Darcy - would've made for a much better read. There isn't a plot, so I really don't see why it had to be so long (And yes - I know it's only like 312 pages but it FEELS SO LONG) I do think there's a difference between your characters being insufferable and your book being insufferable.
Picked this up as a 30 year old lesbian thinking it'd check my boxes of a gay satire but instead I just felt bored and annoyed. It's as performative as it's characters, and equally as unremarkable while pretending it's something revolutionary because Gay.