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Davidstarr86 t1_j5qqol7 wrote

A quick google tells me much of the trauma and abuse is drawn from Hoover's real life relationship with her mother.

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chicki-nuggies OP t1_j5rdgz1 wrote

Right. The book still wasn't good.

The fact that this book is based on her parents relationship and CoHo has a somewhat firsthand experience of abuse should mean that she knows how sensitive this topic is. Yet, she still decided to use the abuse as a plot twist and failed to give content warnings about the graphic assault scenes in this book.

That's irresponsible, harmful, dangerous, insensitive, careless, etc. This is what pissed me off about the book the most

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