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banannabethchase · 1 year ago

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I was all in for the end of this book, the twists feeling a bit chaotic but entertaining and reasonable, until the conclusion was a cop shooting an unarmed teenager holding a broken walkie-talkie. The text says she was "acting on instinct." The author is British, sure, but fuck almighty they have the news in the UK. They know what's been happening in the US. This narrative choice is irredeemable, no matter how many times the author had the officer say, "What have I done?" after the fact. You don't get to co-opt real struggles of Black Americans to make a big bombastic pop for the end of your novel. And you sure as hell don't try to make the cop sympathetic after the fact.

I am incredibly disappointed.

#gun violence cw #in which Sara reads #the book was already copaganda to a degree #but having that perspective was unforgivable #police violence cw #if i need to tag this better please tell me #im so pissed. i loved the first series and this book was fine until this #SO disappointed #OH AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE GIRL WHO THE COP SHOT SAVED THE COP #NEAT GREAT SURE THIS IS REASONABLE #ugh i am so annoyed #I went in the Tumblr tag and somehow nobody has brought up the copaganda. how?#I think this is enough tags to keep it out of the main tag #also the title is a stupid rhyme which is a petty complaint but I'm going to dunk on this author as much as I want

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