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A review by wiltingnightshade
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Fatphobia
DNF'd...
although I could see that it's a well-written story, I had to stop reading because this book perpetuate harmful myths about mental illness, Even though it's acknowledged that the violent murderess was only faking having mental illness to avoid the death sentence, the characters keep associating mental illness with violence. People with serious mental illnesses are more likely to be victims of violence, than the perpetrators.