A review by brotestantethic
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Really, really frustrating. I wanted so badly to like this book given all I’d heard about it. The narrator is completely devoid of a personality, besides a superiority complex about her inability to be brainwashed. She likens everyone around her as “believers” with no purpose besides the work they do. The narrator critiques her place in capitalism without evaluating her positionality as a white woman making six figures, and even goes so far as to complain about unhoused people.

What I was hoping to enjoy about this book are the metaphors, but they are written in such a poor and clunky way that they lose meaning. Pomegranates and black holes are both obvious and abundant across every page, without nuance.
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