Hey, I'm here with some more reviews.
I read 200-something pages of Gone by
Michael Grant.
Michael Grant. Okay, so a lot of you have
been asking and I did my research so
what happened was that recently Michael
Grant referred to autistic children as a
burden and actually in this series there
is an autistic character who is
portrayed as a burden on his older
sister a lot of the time and at first I
didn't see how the representation in
this- well, I'll get to that. The second statement
that he made was that his Native
character was a throwaway. So, for
those of you who have been asking me why I
have a problem Michael Grant, it is
because of those two things. I also
personally saw him tweet about his First
Lines novel saying something like he
should be praised for putting women in
war because that wasn't real, like, women
were never in war.
Yeah? Okay. Okay. So, I don't like Mr. Grant.
I don't approve of the things he said. I
had bought this book two years ago and
this came highly recommended to me
by someone I really trust as a reader
AND Aurora Dimitri is, like, in love with
this series. So I gave it a try and it
started out really good,
that's why i was thinking, like, "oh, maybe
I can separate the creator from the
content?"
No. I got 200-something pages into it and
I could no longer do the separation
because of the portrayal of the autistic
child in this. I felt like it was heavily
emphasized that he was a burden.
So let me get into my questions. Did it
have adequate representation? So, I'm
going to say no in terms of autism.
He also has a Native character but
since he calls the Native character
"throw away", I'm going to say that's not
adequate representation and there's also
an eating disorder depicted in this and
I think mental health in general,
somebody's taking medication, I'm not
comfortable with a person who says
problematic things on Twitter writing
about those concepts. Doe it perpetuate
healthy ideals?
I really hate Lord of the Flies and what
Lord of the Flies represents or tries to
say about group dynamics and people in
general and this was Lord of the Flies. I
think it even says it somewhere. "If
Stephen King had written Lord of the
Flies, it might have been a little
bit like this."
Lord of the Flies sucks, so this sucked too. *lol*
I'm sorry ... I'm sorry ... Did it teach me
something or make me think? It definitely
made me focus strongly on that whole
idea about separating the author from
the content, which I've always been
against. I don't believe in that. I don't
think you could ever
separates the author from the content.
You might disagree and we have to live
with that, if we disagree, but I just feel
like if a human being is perpetuating
negativity in real life then I don't
want their imagination in my brain. I
don't want any part of them in my life.
What was the writing style like? Typical YA.
Readable. A bit suspenseful. But I would
not have finished without the audiobook and
I ended up not finishing it anyway, so it
was not worth it.
Are the characters now my all-time
favorites? Absolutely not. I understand
that this is a little bit
character-driven but, again, with all of
the problems I had with the author, he
impacts the characters lot, which makes
them less enjoyable to read. The
character of Quinn in this book
especially bothered me a lot. Was the
plot cleverly-written? It was interesting.
It has that Under the Dome feeling but
I'm just going to read Under the Dome
instead.
Did I enjoy reading it? At first I did
very much, which is why I hesitated and
why I had all these problems and all
these thoughts but ultimately it became
very clear that the author has a strong
influence on his craft and I dropped it. Then
I received Paper Girls vol 1. from Cece of
ProblemsofaBookNerd. She was getting
rid of this copy and we needed to read
it for our liveshow which I will link
in the card. So I read Paper Girls vol 1
by predominantly Brian K. Vaughn but also
an entire team of male creators, just
warning you. Just so you're ready.
*JK* I actually gave it four stars.
Does it have adequate representation?
I don't feel like the depiction of
teenage girls is adequate. They do not
feel like real teenage girls to me. Also
I had a really strong problem with the
fact that these two characters look
almost exactly the same to me except one
of them is Asian one of them is black
and I differentiated them by their
clothing because I guess because they
have the same hairstyle? But I also
feel like they have the same faces and I
had a really big problem with that.
Did it perpetuate healthy ideals? It
does show that women are capable. That
they are brave and imaginative and
creative and they have endurance. I don't
feel like it was problematic in that
regard? Did it teach me something or make
me think? I don't think so. What was the
writing style like? I was very worried
because I did not enjoy Saga and I did
not- I couldn't even read Y: The Last Man.
I found that extremely hard to read. But
this
was very readable. I read it in one or
two sittings on the same day. The color
work is outstanding.
It's got the, you know, pink/blue type of
colors. It was readable. And I'm even
interested in reading the second volume.
Are the characters now my all-time
favorites? No because they don't read
like women. I feel like if you're going
to have an all-female cast, maybe have
some female creators on your team? Huh?
Maybe? Was the plot clever? I think this
is where Brian K. Vaughn's writing stands out.
This is plot
based. This is science fiction. I know it
looks contemporary and looks are totally
deceiving when it comes to this. This is
a science-fiction graphic novel and even
though they're like preteens or
teenagers, it really has more of an adult
feel to it. So the plot is in that region.
And I am interested in the plot. I would
say that it is interesting. It has a lot
to do with time travel. I think it's set
in the 80's or 90's. I'm not good at
years. I don't- I'm not a history person. I
don't know. Even though I grew up in the
90's, idk. Did I enjoy reading it?
You know, I actually did. So if you watched
the #YABTAwards graphic novel
liveshow, this was like the least favorite of
the three nominees and I agree with that,
but I think it's worth reading.
So then I reread Giant Days, volume 2. Giant Days is
BAE. I love Giant Days so much. I can't
wait to own all of them. I can't wait for
the next volume. I hope it has, like, 30, 40,
50 volumes. I adore these characters and
this story. I will link to my previous
review of these because it's just a
re-read but it definitely stood the
re-read test of time.
I love it so much. I strongly recommend
the series even though it's written by a
man, but there are women* in the
creative team.
Come talk to me in the comments! <3
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