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I borrowed this thinking I’d read something taboo and MMM. I was disturbed to discover that first and foremost, this books features a sexual relationship with minors so consent is not even on the table. It isn’t taboo, it’s statutory rape. The rave reviews romanticizing their dynamic are disturbing at best.
Secondly, the writing is not good. I skimmed, knowing that this would be a DNF due to the age of consent issue. Three POVs are juggled clumsily with time jumps, inconsistent narration, and narrative voices that either overcompensate or underdeliver on the characters they’re meant to portray. Typos and editing issues abound. Words are repeated many times per page or even paragraph. Italics are used for both inner thoughts and emphasis, resulting in confusion. Hyperbole and illogical metaphors are near constant. If you cut out the excessive exposition it would probably lose 200 pages.
Thirdly, the story is rife with harmful homophobic, biphobic, and misogynistic stereotypes along with at least one troubling line about the twins “not being like other rich white boys” because they’re incestuous. The few women in the story are written as shrill harpies or sluts. The mother, especially (while yeah not an affectionate or present parent) is a caricature, a money grubbing trophy wife popping Xanax and jetting off to the spa. The queer students at the twins’ school are grossly stereotypical and all act with blanket “gay” affectations and are regarded as predators in the plot. The gay predator stereotype is incredibly harmful and the author perpetuates it here. I could go on but frankly it’s upsetting.
Utterly confused as to how this book has five star reviews and the author has been firmly shelved as DNR for me.
TWs because the author doesn’t seem to think they’re needed-
Grooming of minors, statutory rape, homophobia, misogyny, incest, dubious consent between minors, non-consent, non-consensual filming of a sexual act, h Katy Perry Online