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A review by annietaber
Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis
Did not finish book. Stopped at 90%.
Literally so disturbing and for WHAT. I like a dark novel but the sudden body horror was simply too much and wasn’t even remotely connected to the plot or any character development. Shock just for scandal’s sake. I couldn’t recommend it to anyone in good conscience. Also, the characters never revealed who they were. Each action they made caught me off guard consistently; I’d think I knew each character and then they’d react in a way completely unhinged from any prior development or plot. Seemed confused in its vision and goal; instead all I got was that to be a modern lesbian you had to mutilate yourself— literally and figuratively. I thought about finishing just to say I’d read it, but after sleeping on the horrifying porno scene, I couldn’t justify putting myself through that for a book that wasn’t even important to me in the first place.
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail