It is certainly something that is not often afforded to women and femmes. Awad is not a afraid to be mean, negative, visceral. What I did enjoy and was incredibly baffled by was the weirdness, grotestqueness of it all. However, it would have be fine if not better, if it was not written the way it was written. It sort of adds to the absurdity of the text. This might be preference and it might also relate to the author trying too hard. I did not enjoy how it was written narratively. As a person who thinks about everything everywhere all at once, I don't need the onslaught of grief centered novels to remind me that this is a thing. Honestly not enough people are reckoning with it. Released very recently this novevl has strong themes of lonliness, grief, and coping which seems lke the popular thing to discuss. the previous book I read i we were villians I think does it better and more authentically, A little less chracter and more caricature if you get what I'm saying It was trying a little too hard, but it's passable. However, this is like holding a megaphone and yelling "I suffered and I need everyone to know how bad it is" without a solution or nuance. Interacting with these types and going to a university I would never regret attending I totally get it. The depiction of life on campus is simply so over the top and almost mean spirited and hokey. Okay so this was screams " Raise your hand if you feel personally victimized by predominately white liberal universities" in a way that makes it extremely inauthentic.
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