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haigler9 's review for:
The Smash-Up
by Ali Benjamin
This is an IMPORTANT book. Taking place in the height of the #metoo movement and around the 2016 American election, this book tackles REAL issues that need REAL solutions both in book and in real life.
The writing was top-notch. Really. I'll probably read anything else this author writes. I just...didn't feel anything for the characters. Like, I was not at all emotionally invested in their lives. Ethan just had this push over, wet towel personality that I just kept feeling sorry for and Zo's activism felt grating (what kind of person would demand that the police arrest her for not being black?).
All of that aside, this is not a terrible book. It just wasn't for me.
I want to thank NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest reviews.
The writing was top-notch. Really. I'll probably read anything else this author writes. I just...didn't feel anything for the characters. Like, I was not at all emotionally invested in their lives. Ethan just had this push over, wet towel personality that I just kept feeling sorry for and Zo's activism felt grating (what kind of person would demand that the police arrest her for not being black?).
All of that aside, this is not a terrible book. It just wasn't for me.
I want to thank NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest reviews.