Sonya

Messy, problematic and strained

Revisado: 12-30-20

The story’s treatment of a protagonist who clearly reads as neurodivergent is really jarring and not fun to read, especially as cheryl’s “quirks” are often played for cruel laughs. The book does a bad job of portraying consent, and July’s treatment of Clee is not praxis: it veers on Humbert Humbert and Lolita territory but doesn’t adding anything interesting. Basically there’s almost no character development, and it reads as a ton of dislocated one liners stitched together.

On the other hand, I’d have loved this book if I read it as a teenager. Some of its jokes are funny and there are some interesting thoughts and uses of language.

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Feminist reading and trusting your audience

Revisado: 08-09-17

I thought it was a lovely concept, whose execution is far better when read aloud. In terms of story there were a couple of issues:

Firstly, the author at times, particularly towards the end, spells out the purpose of the story, and makes the symbolism too obvious. I wish the author trusted her readers more and allowed us so piece it together.

Secondly, I wish her female protagonists were less conventional and that her interpretation of them was more feminist. Most of their concerns are finding men or with children, something that is a little tired.

However, ultimately it was a lovely read.

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