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A review by esterie
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
" Community is when you never let go of each other. Not even after you're gone. "
heard about this book from a d'angelo wallace video. disturbing, dark, gruesome, uncomfortable, very frustrating characters to read (but that's people eh), but damn if the ending didn't make me sob like a baby. lots to think about re the current sociopolitical climate and trans issues (also fuck terfs)
the only 2 things that really didn't vibe with me:
-the syntax didn't flow smoothly in my brain. that's a me thing, but i did have to reread sentences and sometimes entire paragraphs multiple times bc something just wasnt doing the thing.
-some relationships felt... rushed? like i didnt feel the build up and it left me feeling kinda ehhh about it(lookin @ beth and Indi) .
" It wasn't the few who'd cheered that frightened her; it was the rest, watching with guarded expressions, not looking at those among their number who cried Go back to Maryland, you fucking Nazis and Fuck TERFS! The women who looked at each other in a way Beth didn't understand, a way sealed forever within the cold and rigid bounds of cisness but which nonetheless told her without room of doubt that they couldn't leave too soon.
That was what scared her.
The women who stayed silent. "
heard about this book from a d'angelo wallace video. disturbing, dark, gruesome, uncomfortable, very frustrating characters to read (but that's people eh), but damn if the ending didn't make me sob like a baby. lots to think about re the current sociopolitical climate and trans issues (also fuck terfs)
the only 2 things that really didn't vibe with me:
-the syntax didn't flow smoothly in my brain. that's a me thing, but i did have to reread sentences and sometimes entire paragraphs multiple times bc something just wasnt doing the thing.
-some relationships felt... rushed? like i didnt feel the build up and it left me feeling kinda ehhh about it
" It wasn't the few who'd cheered that frightened her; it was the rest, watching with guarded expressions, not looking at those among their number who cried Go back to Maryland, you fucking Nazis and Fuck TERFS! The women who looked at each other in a way Beth didn't understand, a way sealed forever within the cold and rigid bounds of cisness but which nonetheless told her without room of doubt that they couldn't leave too soon.
That was what scared her.
The women who stayed silent. "
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic