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A review by brittanieshey
The Muse by Jessie Burton
3.0
uhg
i really loved this story and the twists at the end
but this book rubbed me the wrong way, especially with a white author attempting to write a character of color who speaks pastois or creole. the character in question code-switches, which is fine because people of color frequently do. but other characters who speak primarily Spanish (and limited English) are not written as speaking as pidgin and do not code switch
it just feels weird.
there were other issues with the book but this one was the hardest to overlook, which sucks because they story itself is well-plotted
i really loved this story and the twists at the end
but this book rubbed me the wrong way, especially with a white author attempting to write a character of color who speaks pastois or creole. the character in question code-switches, which is fine because people of color frequently do. but other characters who speak primarily Spanish (and limited English) are not written as speaking as pidgin and do not code switch
it just feels weird.
there were other issues with the book but this one was the hardest to overlook, which sucks because they story itself is well-plotted