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3.0
Okay, #theselectorofsouls by #shaunasinghbaldwin was basically an improbable plot forced around an agenda I think? It was about two women from vastly different backgrounds who come together to work in women's health and experience about every possible improbability two women could face to highlight patriarchy and sex selective abortion and femicide. There was a lot of running into people in multiple places and folks being attached my marriages and servants and rape and terrorism and hospitalizations and so on, it was just too coincidental. I felt like even Singh Baldwin herself knew she was pushing it by mentioning in the novel once of twice that the storyline was more outrageous than a Bollywood film or that the chances of so many connections happening were stranger than fiction. I really felt that what could have been a compelling story was sacrificed for the message. Which was a shame. It was very heavy handed and not at all nuanced. The book was as well researched as #whatthebodyremembers but the quality of storytelling was not there. I sometimes got hooked on the soap opera ridiculousness of it, wondering "what else could she possibly fit into this one book?", but the story never resonated with me because it was written from a soapbox of outrage. There were a few good books forced into one novel. #jessiereads #jessiereadsalot #blackgirlreading #blackgirlsreading #blackgirlbookclub #booknerd #bookstagram #randomhouse #vintagecanada #usedbooks #usedbookstore #restingbookface
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