myeonghopabo 's review for:

The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland

2.0

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frankly, an interesting take on the dehumanising and apathy-inducing effect of media on society as well as the losing of one's humanity and voice while working under the rulership of said media and ultimately, capitalism but lol i literally called bullshit reading the second last chapter - d*d?????? i literally couldn't stand it, i just would like to know why it was necessary because for the life of me, i don't see any purpose in the revelation. personally also felt that more narrative and details could be expended on the mountain lion from the protagonist's childhood & the effect of her mother's death on her. i'd expected some form of insight on what her mother meant to her, her relationship with her mother and what the mother was like to really understand and grasp why that addition of childhood was required especially if so little was going to be mentioned of it in the novel. overall, an underwhelming read although i do agree that the story is so carefully written with choice words to perfectly evoke the feelings from readers so props for that!!