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Atlanta Burns by Chuck Wendig
2.0
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There is a lot to unpack here. Let's start with two percent of the way through the ebook, where a character of color's skin is described with food terms. Then, self-conscious (but don't worry, fully benign!) racism on the part of the main character, then the graphic description of a sexual assault. And it just. Kept getting worse and worse. The fact that it ends
with a LITERAL IT GETS BETTER VIDEO IN THE TEXT
was. Too much for me.

I'm not sure if this book is listed as YA on this site due to a bunch of bad tagging (which happens!) but it's wildly graphic and I would have to really know a kid to recommend they read it, and even then I don't know that I would. 

It was just too much and kept getting worse and worse, until I was left like. Stunned by the ending because it seemed so surreal and like a joke. I understand this book was written probably with good intentions, but it was just. So bad. 

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