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Markov Chain Text Generator – the Mystery Novel!

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

October 27, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 5 Comments

This book seems like it has everything: Iron Age sacrificial burials! Dangerous saltwater marshes! Academics drawn into police investigations! Bird enthusiasts! New Age mysticism! Scary Biblical passages! Gruff but sensitive detectives! Murder! Cats! Bones! All of the things that would normally draw me into the depths of a novel- there was a promise of being sucked out to sea in the dangerous salt marshes, but I was left on shore squinting into the distance with an annoyed “is that it?” stuck in my craw. The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: abduction, bronze age britian, cliches, disappointment, Elly Griffiths, forensic archeology, internalized misogyny, iron age britain, murder, norfolk, Ruth Galloway, saltwater marsh, waste of premise

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: abduction, bronze age britian, cliches, disappointment, Elly Griffiths, forensic archeology, internalized misogyny, iron age britain, murder, norfolk, Ruth Galloway, saltwater marsh, waste of premise ·
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This book made me feel like a bad person

August 28, 2018 by Emmalita 5 Comments

I should have stopped reading Mariana Zapata a long time ago. All of her books have elements of internalized misogyny that make me uncomfortable. Her heroines tend to be “not like the other girls” and the other girls are “whores” or bitches. Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin adds in some gross gay panic and transphobia to the self hatred. And I read the whole thing. I feel like shit.

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: internalized misogyny, Mariana Zapata, Rhythm Chord and Malykhin, transphobia

Emmalita's CBR10 Review No:36 · Genres: Romance · Tags: internalized misogyny, Mariana Zapata, Rhythm Chord and Malykhin, transphobia ·
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