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maybreads 's review for:
Fix Her Up
by Tessa Bailey
DID NOT FINISH: 87%
I have finally given up. With 1:20 to go I believe I am capable of assessing the quality anyways. This would've been a 2 ⭐ read and honestly it's not worth it.
Let's talk about it: the society, setting and in turn the characters and the plot are sooo deeply entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny that it is downright unpleasant.
An example herewhy is he fingering her while actively talking about how she's so tight that once he takes her virginity he won't be able to look her dad in the eyes anymore. How is the tightness of her pussy something that he takes away from her dad. And like...in the text it's explicitly stated that he's glad it's her mum he runs into afterwards...why is the tightness of her pussy something he can't look her dad in the eyes about but not her mum. it's weird, it's patriarchal.
Next: the "women's club" and the way it's presented as something hysterical women who hate men would create and join... Like the men say that (her brother Stephen the weird wanna be patriarch) and then there's actual women who think that's what it's about. It's very "oohh who knows what ideas these women will get into their silly little heads".
Idk the romance was average at best. I liked the male ego "I want to be the one who builds you stuff" thing. That was entertaining and cute. I did not care for the baseball or family dram. Back to the sexism: I could get into the scene whereTravis gets the job because he's (fake) dating a women who's oh so good at child rearing the single dad bossman's daughter and what that says about the role of women in this book and the role of the fmc in the society of the book but I'm washing my hands of this. The whole cult of virginity thing felt very US American. This might just be my last Tessa Bailey book.
Let's talk about it: the society, setting and in turn the characters and the plot are sooo deeply entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny that it is downright unpleasant.
An example here
Next: the "women's club" and the way it's presented as something hysterical women who hate men would create and join... Like the men say that (her brother Stephen the weird wanna be patriarch) and then there's actual women who think that's what it's about. It's very "oohh who knows what ideas these women will get into their silly little heads".
Idk the romance was average at best. I liked the male ego "I want to be the one who builds you stuff" thing. That was entertaining and cute. I did not care for the baseball or family dram. Back to the sexism: I could get into the scene where
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism