A review by marinerbovig
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

dark tense fast-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

2.0

Half a psychological study of the mind of a Disney Princess and half baby’s first splatterpunk, this was almost a really fun read for me. The glaring discrepancy that legitimately ruined the book for me was the use of sexual violence. There’s some pretty nasty stuff and it is exclusively done to women. And yeah, sure, at some point a dude’s you-know-what gets chopped up but it’s par for the course with his other appendages and not a real focus. When it comes to women, it’s used as a psychological and physical torture tool and far more horrifying than cutting anything up could be. Unbelievably disappointing from a wannabe feminist novel written by a woman.


Could have been good, I would have loved it if it wasn’t for the disparate treatment of the female characters. The story wouldn’t have lost a thing if the sexual violence www traded for regular violence, or if that somehow is too big of an ask, if it was equal among genders.


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