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A review by krennthief
What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
There’s this review on Goodreads by Renee Godding that I feel like sums up my feelings of how this book reads to me. I know, I know, Goodreads is bad, but they provided some reasonable nuance and clear understanding between representation and activism, as well as shared some opinions on aesthetics that I agreed with:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5810221477
Before I even read this review I was finding the narrative voice grating, and this review used the same word to express their similar gripes. It feels steeped in social justice language without seeming to fully appreciate the complete meanings of terms, and I just kind of can’t stand the dialogue itself. On top of that, I like unconventional narrative structure, but it really got into the situation without me feeling any sort of care for the characters. Also I don’t like that Logan, the resident Asian character, got the protag injured in a reckless driving situation??? That felt a little gross to me.
Representation matters in fiction, but it is difficult to enjoy when it feels kind of like social media flavored social justice language being regurgitated back at you in almost checklist form.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5810221477
Before I even read this review I was finding the narrative voice grating, and this review used the same word to express their similar gripes. It feels steeped in social justice language without seeming to fully appreciate the complete meanings of terms, and I just kind of can’t stand the dialogue itself. On top of that, I like unconventional narrative structure, but it really got into the situation without me feeling any sort of care for the characters. Also I don’t like that Logan, the resident Asian character, got the protag injured in a reckless driving situation??? That felt a little gross to me.
Representation matters in fiction, but it is difficult to enjoy when it feels kind of like social media flavored social justice language being regurgitated back at you in almost checklist form.