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A review by waitaminuteash
S.T.A.G.S by M.A. Bennett
1.0
I really want to say something good about this book... I had high expectations after reading the reviews and being recommended by a friend, but the book barely met any of them.
For one, the writing isn't what I expected, with so many "kind of" and "sort of" thrown into almost every sentence. I also did not expect the book to have any POC, but there was Shafeen and as a POC myself, I feel like he was unnecessary to the plot. He was necessary as a character, but there was no reason for him to be a POC if his entire purpose in the book was for the other characters to be racist towards him. I think the author wanted to add diversity to a book full of White characters, but they executed it badly. There were a lot of mentions of his "dark skin" and the whole "jungle book Indian" stereotype.
The main character was very very annoying with her "I'm not a feminist because I want to look nice" narrative. She has truly been one of the most annoying main characters I've ever seen in a book (including Wattpad stories).
I only like Chanel in this book if I'm being honest. Chanel and Shafeen should have been the only ones to survive at the end of the story.
I wish Greer fell off the waterfall with Henry.
definitely would not recommend it. There are books on Wattpad with less annoying characters and better writing.
For one, the writing isn't what I expected, with so many "kind of" and "sort of" thrown into almost every sentence. I also did not expect the book to have any POC, but there was Shafeen and as a POC myself, I feel like he was unnecessary to the plot. He was necessary as a character, but there was no reason for him to be a POC if his entire purpose in the book was for the other characters to be racist towards him. I think the author wanted to add diversity to a book full of White characters, but they executed it badly. There were a lot of mentions of his "dark skin" and the whole "jungle book Indian" stereotype.
The main character was very very annoying with her "I'm not a feminist because I want to look nice" narrative. She has truly been one of the most annoying main characters I've ever seen in a book (including Wattpad stories).
I only like Chanel in this book if I'm being honest. Chanel and Shafeen should have been the only ones to survive at the end of the story.
I wish Greer fell off the waterfall with Henry.
definitely would not recommend it. There are books on Wattpad with less annoying characters and better writing.