A review by strawbself
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

who thought it was okay for no one to ever explicitly call out and condemn the violent transphobia in this? not to mention the homophobia and racism. religion/church literally is part of the violence so for colleen to state she wanted the church to not be the bad guy?? why? why would you defend one of the most violent institutions on earth? why would you joke about priests being pedophiles (my dad is a survivor of catholic priest molestation) and then not talk about it or condemn it? cat and adam and amanda’s dad aren’t cute or funny, they’re bigots. they didn’t even learn anything from repeatedly hurting amanda. why did no one correct the people who repeatedly misgendered and deadnamed sam? sam is amanda’s grandpa. what the fuck man.... as a trans lesbian with a lifetime of religious trauma, this book sucks. it is recklessly harmful for no fucking reason.
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