*got this book for free from netgalley*//// *edit* ///TW/This book has really vivid descriptions of self harm more than once///
Well. I mean. This book does have a realistic depiction of small towns....however. Hated the ending. Like whateven. How big is that town where ppl can just burn things down like that, and like you can leave town without burning down your family home? Just like. What.
Also wtf was up with all the racist mexican stuff? Like? Thought thered be a point to it? But nope. Theyre just pathetic racists? Which maybe this is just me but its super, duper insulting for a book to talk so much about heritage-german heritage- and then turn around and say things like that about Mexicans. Like literally there weren't even any mexican characters that really had any part in the story (sure the dad of the neice but hes really not in it unless theyre saying racist things about him & his daughter), so like why add them? Bc the rape? And like again did they rape her bc she was Mexican or what?!
Tbh i really just did not like this book at all. Not only am i Mexican, but im from a small town full of racists, so maybe this was just too perosnal but imo i feel the racist stuff in this book was unnecessary, the slur was 1000000% unnecessary. Small town life can be crazy and ngl things like this have even happened in my town but, like wtf. Almost stopped reading this book at 30% and the only reason i didnt was because i had nothing else to do. So yea.
Well. I mean. This book does have a realistic depiction of small towns....however. Hated the ending. Like whateven. How big is that town where ppl can just burn things down like that, and like you can leave town without burning down your family home? Just like. What.
Also wtf was up with all the racist mexican stuff? Like? Thought thered be a point to it? But nope. Theyre just pathetic racists? Which maybe this is just me but its super, duper insulting for a book to talk so much about heritage-german heritage- and then turn around and say things like that about Mexicans. Like literally there weren't even any mexican characters that really had any part in the story (sure the dad of the neice but hes really not in it unless theyre saying racist things about him & his daughter), so like why add them? Bc the rape? And like again did they rape her bc she was Mexican or what?!
Tbh i really just did not like this book at all. Not only am i Mexican, but im from a small town full of racists, so maybe this was just too perosnal but imo i feel the racist stuff in this book was unnecessary, the slur was 1000000% unnecessary. Small town life can be crazy and ngl things like this have even happened in my town but, like wtf. Almost stopped reading this book at 30% and the only reason i didnt was because i had nothing else to do. So yea.