'The whole book was dryer than the Sahara.'
share the books that were way overhyped"I say that as a Dubliner myself. I felt like I had to read it at least once in my life because it is regarded as a classic. After having read it, I think it's a case of everyone saying it's fantastic for fear of people mocking them. Meandering, plodding, didn't feel any connection with the characters, several hours of my life I will never get back.
"It's badly written, peak entry-level white feminism masquerading as something progressive. As a lesbian I can confidently say I don't feel even slightly represented by the WLW plot which so many people claim is ground-breaking!""For your last point, from my perspective it wasn't about having a WLW relationship. It was about having a mainstream bisexual character. That's still relatively new in media and it's not something I had at all growing up.
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