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A review by inuyasha
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
2.0
march BOTM pick.
hugeeee trigger warnings for pedophilia in this one.
god like.... this read like a bad jodi picoult book, which is ironic, because jodi picoult books are referenced near the end. the writing style is nice, and really had me in the first half, and then it takes a random nosedive into mediocrity. this is clearly fowler's attempt to project a novel into a world that is very politically charged, and wanting to get clout for being an author adding to that charge. i mean... race, class, pedophilia, abuse, enviornmental conservation - what topic does she not try to touch? what topic does she not include and then ultimately fail to say anything meaninful about?
absolute nonsense, meaningless mess of a book, that tries to end on an inspiring note - but if it takes the death of a black character to do that at the hands of racialized violence, i don't want it. i'm sure a ton of white suburban moms really into true crime will pat themselves on the back for this and feel about themselves, but this ain't it.
hugeeee trigger warnings for pedophilia in this one.
god like.... this read like a bad jodi picoult book, which is ironic, because jodi picoult books are referenced near the end. the writing style is nice, and really had me in the first half, and then it takes a random nosedive into mediocrity. this is clearly fowler's attempt to project a novel into a world that is very politically charged, and wanting to get clout for being an author adding to that charge. i mean... race, class, pedophilia, abuse, enviornmental conservation - what topic does she not try to touch? what topic does she not include and then ultimately fail to say anything meaninful about?
absolute nonsense, meaningless mess of a book, that tries to end on an inspiring note - but if it takes the death of a black character to do that at the hands of racialized violence, i don't want it. i'm sure a ton of white suburban moms really into true crime will pat themselves on the back for this and feel about themselves, but this ain't it.