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lenny3 's review for:
Final Draft
by Riley Redgate
This book had so many ticks in the positives column - the family dynamic, the introspective nature of the MC, the use of term pan-sexual on page and the rep there in, as well as the exploration of female sexuality, self pleasure and the toxic systemic guilt and shame that can be associated with that.
I would like to read some own voices reviews regarding the cultural representation however. Although I think the insights towards feeling removed from all cultural identities and the displacement of identity was powerful, I can not speak to the accuracy of the depiction.
What reduced my enjoyment of the story was things like the way the MC interacted with the teachers in her life. As a teacher - no, just no. Having strong bonds with students is fantastic, but by the end they were conversing as if they were both teenagers, not a student and a person of authority.
Hannah, as a character, felt disjointed to me. She read as both a hard done by rich girl, and a girl from an underprivileged, toxic home life, all at the same time, and I don't think either were done well.
I would like to read some own voices reviews regarding the cultural representation however. Although I think the insights towards feeling removed from all cultural identities and the displacement of identity was powerful, I can not speak to the accuracy of the depiction.
What reduced my enjoyment of the story was things like the way the MC interacted with the teachers in her life. As a teacher - no, just no. Having strong bonds with students is fantastic, but by the end they were conversing as if they were both teenagers, not a student and a person of authority.
Hannah, as a character, felt disjointed to me. She read as both a hard done by rich girl, and a girl from an underprivileged, toxic home life, all at the same time, and I don't think either were done well.