Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Want You Gone by Christopher Brookmyre

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rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Solid thriller! I haven’t read the other books in the series but I’m adding them to my TBR. This is a good find if you’re into cybercrime mysteries.

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autumnal_daydreams's review against another edition

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This was written in 2018 by a man who clearly is desperately trying to be "down with the kids". It reads like 2010 internet meme culture and the cringe isn't funny (b movie self aware) no, it's just off putting. 

Examples:
"Get rekt"
"Fuck you skrub"
"There is no name only an icon [followed a by a literal text image of a ROFL copter printed in the book...]
"We do it for the lulz. That is the corruption of the lol"
"She's got n00dz"

I DNFed it when the hacker who apparently is for justice & equally took up revenge porn request. They leaked a "girl's" "n00dz" (the concern of distributing potentially child porn or that it's sexual violence is not raised) to her friend list. It was framed in a slut shamey 'she deserved it' way which didn't sit right with me.

This was shortly after a very odd paragraph describing Autistic Children not caring if their parents died in front of them. 

82 pages was enough for me.

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