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A review by gothhotel
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
2.0
I came for a fun, dark queer romp about a violent she-ape and got half an okay book that devolved into smug nonsense with a weirdly ecofascist undertone. The writing is choppy, less than half the jokes land, every beat gets dragged out too long, and looking back it feels stapled together. The moralizing logic of the 80s slasher is alive and well here. As a gross hairy queer myself I thought I’d like Patricia but she gets so little development compared to her kills that by the end I was like, they should’ve shot that god damn ape.
Two stars for the concept and for the heart it showed in about the first half - and in some very sweet love letters - before its mean streak took over. And because it was quick.
Also: don’t be led astray by reviewers acting like this is super zany. There’s one crazy surreal thing in here and it’s on the cover. Which is cool, but like, I was expecting a lot weirder from the reviews.
Two stars for the concept and for the heart it showed in about the first half - and in some very sweet love letters - before its mean streak took over. And because it was quick.
Also: don’t be led astray by reviewers acting like this is super zany. There’s one crazy surreal thing in here and it’s on the cover. Which is cool, but like, I was expecting a lot weirder from the reviews.