The way she talks about the rehabilitation camp she was sent to was REALLY gross and the way she refers to herself is also really, REALLY gross. The heroine keeps calling herself a gimp and speaking derisively of resources available to those with disabilities- not to criticize, but simply to demean and deride, and to draw a line between her and others. The first one is the disability rep, which I feel a little funny talking about since I am not disabled, but it felt like really, REALLY bad rep to me. I have three big problems with this book. Well, I don't know what twenty-something Nenia was thinking when she read this book, but thirty-something Nenia got to, like, page two before the "oh no" alarms started going off. Not that I- or anyone- should be forced to justify a rating, but this is a book I actually have read cover to cover, and the first time I read it six years ago (back in 2015), I remember being pleasantly surprised and giving it a 3.5. Before you guys all get mad at me for jumping ship yet again before the 15% mark, this is actually a reread.
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