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A review by spacebeyonce
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I'm not sure how I feel about this. It was just. 7 hours of listening to this woman be miserable and then drag her heels when it comes to making decisions. And then throw herself in front of a train. Maybe. . Like. I need to sit with this, might have more thoughts later.
Okay, it's later. My thoughts are more in order.
So like I enjoyed the book but I also didn't because it really was just hours of this woman just reveling in her woes and agonies and doing nothing about it. which I guess is the point of it all - capitalism does that to you, shit jobs do that to you, high rent, scant connections and an exhaustion that never ends does that to you.
idk I could sympathize with cassie but I didn't really like her all that much. like baby Real Winners Quit. if it sucks hit the bricks. you don't have to stay in thar city if you don't like it. you don't gave to stay with a job that's dogshit (and a START UP???? oh be so fucking for real, I would NEVER. know your worth bitch!!!)
and the pregnancy shit my GOD. for a second I really was afraid she was going to just denial her way right into single motherhood, good lord. yeah cassie is just. she really does just relish in her pain, and while I sympathize to a point, by the end I was just like my sister in christ. get a therapist.
After furiously ranting to my brother about this book I'm bumping it down a star. Three is too generous.
Okay, it's later. My thoughts are more in order.
So like I enjoyed the book but I also didn't because it really was just hours of this woman just reveling in her woes and agonies and doing nothing about it. which I guess is the point of it all - capitalism does that to you, shit jobs do that to you, high rent, scant connections and an exhaustion that never ends does that to you.
idk I could sympathize with cassie but I didn't really like her all that much. like baby Real Winners Quit. if it sucks hit the bricks. you don't have to stay in thar city if you don't like it. you don't gave to stay with a job that's dogshit (and a START UP???? oh be so fucking for real, I would NEVER. know your worth bitch!!!)
and the pregnancy shit my GOD. for a second I really was afraid she was going to just denial her way right into single motherhood, good lord. yeah cassie is just. she really does just relish in her pain, and while I sympathize to a point, by the end I was just like my sister in christ. get a therapist.
After furiously ranting to my brother about this book I'm bumping it down a star. Three is too generous.