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A review by baranchi
The Seven Tales of Trinket by Dan Craig, Shelley Moore Thomas
2.0
This is entirely my own fault because I knew the book had racial slurs in it from the beginning. It's right there in the synopsis on the cover. But the plot sounded interesting and I thought maybe the racial slurs wouldn't be too much. I was wrong.
The first tale of the book is just strewn with racial slurs. It is also heavy with very negative stereotypes about the Romani people. I thought if I could get through the first tale, it would be ok, but it still peppered the racial slurs in randomly.
On top of having racial slurs and stereotypes, the book just wasn't as much fun as I thought it was going to be. It was pretty serious all the way through and then the last tale reframed all the previous tales in a way that made them even more grim. Even though it did end on a note of hope, it wasn't enough to overcome the rest of the darkness for me, personally.
I probably would have still thought it was ok, because it was at least interesting, if not for all the racial slurs.
The first tale of the book is just strewn with racial slurs. It is also heavy with very negative stereotypes about the Romani people. I thought if I could get through the first tale, it would be ok, but it still peppered the racial slurs in randomly.
On top of having racial slurs and stereotypes, the book just wasn't as much fun as I thought it was going to be. It was pretty serious all the way through and then the last tale reframed all the previous tales in a way that made them even more grim. Even though it did end on a note of hope, it wasn't enough to overcome the rest of the darkness for me, personally.
I probably would have still thought it was ok, because it was at least interesting, if not for all the racial slurs.