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A review by thebakersbooks
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
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? No
2.0
Why is it that whenever white women try to do feminism, even as entertainment, they do it by leaving everyone else out in the cold? I kept expecting the other shoe to drop and the 'thriller' side of the story to come from the fact that a couple who all but go around singing "this land is my land" is building a house on indigenous land while venerating the settlers who stole it and having no concept of the actual history. But no, of course *witchcraft* is all that matters.
Terrible book (and full of ableist language, never challenged, up to and including the r slur from a child character meant to be sympathetic). Plus of course the awkward fat kid character received no positive *anything* in this story until he underwent a physical transformation in the last ten pages, at which point people liked him and good things happened to him.
Not reading anything else by this author.
Oh, and great call making the only queer-coded character the bad guy. Well done. And this from a fellow queer person, too.
Terrible book (and full of ableist language, never challenged, up to and including the r slur from a child character meant to be sympathetic). Plus of course the awkward fat kid character received no positive *anything* in this story until he underwent a physical transformation in the last ten pages, at which point people liked him and good things happened to him.
Not reading anything else by this author.