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Jezebel by Megan Barnard
3.75

If you are predisposed to thinking of Jezebel as the sluttiest slut since sluts came to SlutTown, you're probably going to have a bad time with this one.  

For the most part, I enjoyed it. There have always been things about her v short appearance in the Bible that rubbed me the wrong way (the whole thing with Naboth never really made much sense to me), so I appreciate this attempt at recontextualizing her story. 

But I do think the pacing was a little awkward. Years go by between one paragraph and the next, and the entire third act felt super rushed. We all know where it's going, why are we in such a hurry to get there?