Oddly, a review I wrote for Goodreads in 2012 popped up on my radar. I excoriated a piece of anti-abortion propaganda disguised as a YA romance book. I can’t remember what induced me to read it in the first place—perhaps I lost a bet?
I was all prepared to unleash a new and improved rant and went looking for bio info on the author. Certainly, she’d been up to something besides writing a (*shudder*) sequel.
The author seems to have been inactive for several years, but I found her Facebook page. She’s suffered several personal losses recently, including her husband and her father. There were no references to her writing. A couple of posts talked about COVID.
I turned things over in my mind. She would almost certainly never see my review. Whether she saw the original Goodreads review, I have no way of knowing. What is the point of reposting such a negative review of her book now, when so few impressionable young people are in danger of buying it? I can’t imagine it was a huge seller even when it was first available. The sequel doesn’t even show up on Amazon.
Posting the review will not warn anyone off from buying the book who might otherwise have stumbled across it. There are many fine YA novels out there, enjoyable for all ages. This didn’t happen to be one of them.
So, while I had a lot of fun tearing up the little book, I will let it go.
Now, on to the, you know, revolution—or dinner. Whichever one comes first.
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I find it insidious when novels or stories feature surprise propaganda content, expecially if it is false information. It is not why you bought the book and not what you wanted to read. However, perhaps in this case it was best not write an updated critique even though it might have been deserved. I am basing that what you said about suffering multiple losses lately.