I’m annoyed, AND I’m in the midst of reading it. I can’t get through it but will have to. I really dislike it for a variety of reasons. @gwayvt was tweeting his experience a few days ago. Halfway through he seemed dubious about it.
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Why is it a teen book? O didn’t work and the premise sounds weak here.
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It’s middle school! They are 12. Ridiculous. I find their thoughts and reactions inauthentic and side eye their sexualization. Granted, I had a sheltered upbringing, so perhaps that is affecting what I perceive as inauthenticity. And the way race is handled...oof.
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OMG, not middle school. That seems really problematic in so many ways. Is this a Hogarth Shax title?
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Yes, it is. I’m puzzled by the author choice, along with other decisions regarding New Boy.
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Oy vey. One thing Learn from Twitter is it there are almost no POC writers of young adult fiction
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@vicorredera. It’s super weird and bad. The setting seems to be YA, but the action is like Chevalier wrote adult characters and just decided they were sixth graders. There’s so much of this weird sexualization of the characters that just doesn’t make any sense.2 vastausta 0 uudelleentwiittausta 2 tykkäystä -
Sounds super problematic. I wonder if the publishers made her change it because YA sells so well...
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That’s a great question that I’m trying to look into. I really don’t have any idea what the editorial decisions for the Hogarth series are.
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This is a Hogarth title? V surprising.
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I don’t think the Jacqueline Carey “Caliban and Miranda” is tho.
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