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A review by mollyanne624
Dangerous Play by Emma Kress
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
It’s her junior year of high school and Zoe Alamander has put together a team of her school’s best field hockey players in hopes of making it to the state championships and earning a scholarship for college. However, after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a party, she finds herself playing a whole new game. Zoe wants no girl to feel unsafe. But, in her attempts to accomplish such a goal, Zoe may have gone too far and now her future is on the line.
This book is a tough read. It’s hard not to be angry at the injustices Zoe and her peers face. However, I think that’s a sign the book accomplished its goal. It has a lot of hard, but important, conversations. I liked how Dangerous Play focused on the larger ramifications of rape and sexual assault on a community. It also touched on internalized misogyny and a bit on intersectional feminism. Although, I do wish it went a little more in-depth on those topics.
Dangerous Play did start a bit slow, but it picked up after the first quarter. My biggest issue was that I didn’t really connect with Zoe. I found the other characters to be more likeable. Overall, Dangerous Play is a well-written story that discusses important, real-life, issues.
It’s her junior year of high school and Zoe Alamander has put together a team of her school’s best field hockey players in hopes of making it to the state championships and earning a scholarship for college. However, after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a party, she finds herself playing a whole new game. Zoe wants no girl to feel unsafe. But, in her attempts to accomplish such a goal, Zoe may have gone too far and now her future is on the line.
This book is a tough read. It’s hard not to be angry at the injustices Zoe and her peers face. However, I think that’s a sign the book accomplished its goal. It has a lot of hard, but important, conversations. I liked how Dangerous Play focused on the larger ramifications of rape and sexual assault on a community. It also touched on internalized misogyny and a bit on intersectional feminism. Although, I do wish it went a little more in-depth on those topics.
Dangerous Play did start a bit slow, but it picked up after the first quarter. My biggest issue was that I didn’t really connect with Zoe. I found the other characters to be more likeable. Overall, Dangerous Play is a well-written story that discusses important, real-life, issues.