I'm just...not gonna rate this one.

Birthday was on my TBR for a holiday readathon and I'd already checked it out from the library when I came across the story about Meredith Russo yesterday. You can read about it here if you haven't seen it yet. Trigger warnings for abuse and rape. Maybe you won't approve of my decision to follow through and read the book, but I'd already done as much as I was going to do in the way of supporting her, and I'm unnecessarily competitive about readathons.

That being said, I did read the book, and I thought it was really heartfelt and good. But I couldn't help but feel like I was enjoying it way, way less than I would have without the information about the author. I would encourage anyone wanting to read Birthday to read the article first if they think they can, and then make an informed decision about supporting Russo.