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A review by aventadistrict
Annex by Rich Larson
1.0
dnf at 211 pages
the depiction of violence against children in this book is really. concerning. i know it's aimed at a YA audience whatever that means but
anyway the reason i put this down and instantly deleted it off my phone was the torture hallucination the trans mc goes through that was so incredibly awful to read and combined w WAY too much use of her deadname and other characters misgendering and othering her made me want to die. i think i'll go read something else thanks
the depiction of violence against children in this book is really. concerning. i know it's aimed at a YA audience whatever that means but
Spoiler
an older child coercing a younger one into helping him torture a captured alien & later holding him at knifepoint and threatening to beat him like he's beaten other children before does not strike me as particularly appropriate for an audience on the younger end of this demographic. especially when said older child is then revealed to be a patient from a psych ward (?!?!?!?) w stereotypical 'psychopath' traits.anyway the reason i put this down and instantly deleted it off my phone was the torture hallucination the trans mc goes through that was so incredibly awful to read and combined w WAY too much use of her deadname and other characters misgendering and othering her made me want to die. i think i'll go read something else thanks