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breezie_reads 's review for:
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
by Jaye Robin Brown
DID NOT FINISH: 18%
1. The ableism in this book is disgusting. You can have an autistic character without infantilizing them. And it IS autism, not Aspergers. If the author had done any research into a disability she wanted included in her book, she would have known that. But the autistic character wasn't there because she wanted queer AND disability representation. The autistic character was there for character development of everyone else and so we could see who the nice people were and who the mean people were.
2. I have an issue sometimes with people who middle-aged and older writing young adult novels about teenagers because 9 times out of 10, they don't know what they're doing when they're writing these teenaged characters and they come off as completely unbelievable. No teenager talks like that or acts like that.
3. Insta-attraction is a no-go for me. Almost always an immediate DNF.
2. I have an issue sometimes with people who middle-aged and older writing young adult novels about teenagers because 9 times out of 10, they don't know what they're doing when they're writing these teenaged characters and they come off as completely unbelievable. No teenager talks like that or acts like that.
3. Insta-attraction is a no-go for me. Almost always an immediate DNF.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia