![]() I am not a Christian, nor do I follow any religion, but I was really quite disgusted at how Christianity was talked about in this book, as if it is inherently bad and something that modern society needs to move on from. And there seemed to be quite a lot of disrespect for Catholicism and Christianity in general throughout the book. All throughout we hear her talk about how sexist the school is, and I know that Catholic schools are often problematic at best, but there was never any real concrete evidence of this, just that the school is Catholic which is apparently inherently sexist. The main character who labels herself as 'a rebel and a feminist' comes from a rich family (she attends a private school for starters and also buys then throws away a whole box of tampons!) yet is determined for some reason to get herself expelled (the lack of acknowledgement of her privilege!!) from her Catholic school. Secondly, the feminism in this book very much pertains to white feminism. First of all, I'm not sure why this book is shelved as LGBT+ on Goodreads, perhaps there is a queer character introduced at a later point in the book, but as far as I'm aware, none of the main characters are outwardly queer (which isn't a problem, but it was a bit misleading). I had to DNF the book about a quarter of the way through because I just wasn't enjoying it (the book itself, that is, as I felt that the audiobook narrator did a great job!). I was initially interested in it as it is shelved on Goodreads as having queer rep and it sounds like a fun, Juliet Takes A Breath-esque take on feminism, but I was sadly misled.
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