rachaelwho's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Original. Messed-up. I hated everyone but the mom and the mistress. Sometimes the terribleness of the characters was a little too on the nose, but it doesn't seem fair to take a star for that. All the acting is a bit camp and it's intentional, but the voice actor for Rachel was doing too much to make her "sound" annoying-- she's already annoying, it's in the text, you don't have to "do a voice"-- and her accent for Zahid was distractingly off. Not my favorite. I have done questions about what exactly her interest in race is and what motivated her to choose to write a pair of white-presenting biracial women, where their claim to blackness is handled unseriously. Not really sure I'm fine with that. It's not a toy.
Very nicely done story overall, callbacks were smooth and impressive, a lot of complex themes and motifs and moving parts. I'm really looking forward to where this author will be in five or ten years.
Very nicely done story overall, callbacks were smooth and impressive, a lot of complex themes and motifs and moving parts. I'm really looking forward to where this author will be in five or ten years.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
Minor: Rape
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