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A review by rennegade
They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez
2.0
Whew, this one was... rough.
This novel was picked by students as the choice for a university book club I co-host. I am always down for new authors and diverse characters, so I dug in with enthusiasm.
I don't really know what to say about the book. Parts of it were interesting, but other parts were either slightly confusing, nonsensical, or straight up boring. All of the characters - every single one except maaaybe Karen - were unlikable. They were all poorly-formed caricatures totally lacking depth and full of stereotypes. The writing often took the long and winding road to the point, and the characters/plot were not good enough to afford it that luxury.
It was a quick read, and it will definitely provide the content for an interesting discussion, but this was definitely not my favorite.
This novel was picked by students as the choice for a university book club I co-host. I am always down for new authors and diverse characters, so I dug in with enthusiasm.
I don't really know what to say about the book. Parts of it were interesting, but other parts were either slightly confusing, nonsensical, or straight up boring. All of the characters - every single one except maaaybe Karen - were unlikable. They were all poorly-formed caricatures totally lacking depth and full of stereotypes. The writing often took the long and winding road to the point, and the characters/plot were not good enough to afford it that luxury.
It was a quick read, and it will definitely provide the content for an interesting discussion, but this was definitely not my favorite.