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Shanstergoodheart t1_iyc0ose wrote

It's a good book, well written. It gives you a lot to think about. However, having read it and having learned some backstory on the author. I don't think the author is coming at it from the mindset that we all are.

It's just like," it's fine. It's true love. It's a good thing. Wavy's encouraging it. It's fine. That thing didn't actually happen that way. It's fine. He's a lovely man. It's fine. Everyone is just prejudiced. It's love".

No it isn't fine. Kellan should have shut that shit down the moment it started getting icky. Aunt was 100% in the right and she's framed as a villain.

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Icankeepthebeat OP t1_iycy9ah wrote

Yea I read some stuff on the author too. But I’m not 100% convinced her intentions matter. She told this amazing awful story. Seemingly her life experiences gave her the clay to mould…and the sculpture she made is beautifully fucked up. I’m not sure it’s on her as the artist to define what it means to society.

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