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shane_the_reading_rat 's review for:
The Beautiful Ones
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
i genuinely loved all of this except for valérie’s ending
valérie was my favorite character throughout this book, she fascinated me and i thought it was really interesting how nina essentially represented what valérie never got to have— valérie didn’t get to marry hector, valérie had a family who only cared about her marrying someone rich, valérie never got to have freedom like nina did— it’s why she hated nina so much, at least in my eyes. but then valérie’s ending was essentially just her husband shipping her off so he wouldnt have to deal with her anymore + the specific line “but valérie hadnt known how to be happy”…????? i’d fully expected it to be more nuanced than this and to make it a commentary on how this fantasy society treats women, but then BOOM valérie is the sole villain because she “””couldn’t learn how to be happy”””. idk man it just threw me for a loop cause i didn’t expect that.