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A review by raining_sundays
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
the one star is for mary shelley, her husband, and lord byron slander only.
could have done without the ableism, transphobia, bioessentialism, rape scene where the mc says it's the 'price they have to pay for being trans', the weird fetishizing of transness, racism, and that the only character of colour who's there longer than one scene is one racial and racist stereotype. the 'feminism' was very very surface level and the thoughts about AI/transhumanism feel so convoluted that i don't even know where to start.
someone pls shut ron up about his sex bots, on page 51 there were already 15 pages of his sexist, racist, and transphobic ramblings about how sex dolls are much better than women bc they don't leave. and it didn't get better when he started talking about making a sex bot for Jesus.
somehow, the first sex scene involving Ry was actually pretty well handled which i find interesting but it was undone immediately by Victor's fetishization of trans people.
would have DNFd before page 100 but had to read this for uni. i will never get these hours back
could have done without the ableism, transphobia, bioessentialism, rape scene where the mc says it's the 'price they have to pay for being trans', the weird fetishizing of transness, racism, and that the only character of colour who's there longer than one scene is one racial and racist stereotype. the 'feminism' was very very surface level and the thoughts about AI/transhumanism feel so convoluted that i don't even know where to start.
someone pls shut ron up about his sex bots, on page 51 there were already 15 pages of his sexist, racist, and transphobic ramblings about how sex dolls are much better than women bc they don't leave. and it didn't get better when he started talking about making a sex bot for Jesus.
somehow, the first sex scene involving Ry was actually pretty well handled which i find interesting but it was undone immediately by Victor's fetishization of trans people.
would have DNFd before page 100 but had to read this for uni. i will never get these hours back