A review by micheala
Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji

Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.
I'm actually not going to give this a star rating as I knew within the first 10 pages that this book was really not for me, and if I wasn't attempting to read a Writers' Trust Fiction Nominee I  never had picked it up to begin with.

I really didn't like the first story, it made me uncomfortable and not in a good thought provoking way, just in a "wish I wasn't reading this, can't personally get anything out of it because I just want to not have read it".

I was hoping that the rest would be better however it continued in the same manner. The second story starts with the main character acting as look out for her friends to "initiate" the new girl (aka sexual assault)

I only made it to page 59 (45%) before I tapped out. Gritty literary fiction is clearly not something I vibe with and that is ok. If you are interested in this work, I would suggest looking up content warnings from people who did finish reading it as I feel like it is likely that the rest of the book also comes with some heavy warnings. 
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