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escharlton's review against another edition
challenging
dark
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Sexual assault
disabledreamer's review
5.0
Gatwood once again takes her powerful skills of words and creates a world of a story highlighting many issues in society while creating a character you can't help but connect to. A must-read.
secretly_a_human's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
story follows a lawyer who defends rapists and offenders who prey on women, without a second thought. She became famous for this and blames women for ”putting themselves in that position”, and as a result every man whose accused of these things runs up to her and she successfully saves his face.
It goes on like this until a highschool friend reaches out to her to save him from a rape accusation, the thing is, she witnessed it happening that night, she saw the girl, she saw the guy. this could've been a perfect place for redemption, a point where she actually stands up for women, for once but no, she instead retracts from the case, doesn't bother saying anything, by the end of the book, she watches everyone trash the girl for speaking up and praise the rapist.
there's also another scene where her dog bites a literal child and she blames the child for petting her dog. All in all, she has passed the point of redemption but hey at least she created a safer environment for rapists.
It goes on like this until a highschool friend reaches out to her to save him from a rape accusation, the thing is, she witnessed it happening that night, she saw the girl, she saw the guy. this could've been a perfect place for redemption, a point where she actually stands up for women, for once but no, she instead retracts from the case, doesn't bother saying anything, by the end of the book, she watches everyone trash the girl for speaking up and praise the rapist.
there's also another scene where her dog bites a literal child and she blames the child for petting her dog. All in all, she has passed the point of redemption but hey at least she created a safer environment for rapists.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Misogyny
stephmj's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
mboyea's review against another edition
2.0
There aren’t many positive things to say about this book beyond that it was short.
I did not like the narrator, I did not like the storyline, it did not hold my attention, and it felt like it was an excerpt from a story rather than the full story.
I did not like the narrator, I did not like the storyline, it did not hold my attention, and it felt like it was an excerpt from a story rather than the full story.
coleslaw26's review against another edition
4.0
Olivia Gatwood is one of my favorite authors. Short, intense, detailed, and really well read. I wish there was more of a resolution, but it leaves it up to the reader to speculate.
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