Every Word You Never Said (Noahverse, #3)

by Jordon Greene

“Hiya, I’m Imani Banks,” she declares in this sassy but sweet voice and brushes a few curly strands of jet-black hair from her deep-brown face.

the black girl soon-to-be bestie is sassy? groundbreaking.

I’m a fag and they’re convinced I’m going to hell,

so we get f-slurs from the bullies, but also from the MCs

I can call myself a fag all day, but having someone else do it,

I swear this author says shit like this because he thinks it’s cool to be offensive. Reclaiming slurs is valid, but he has never said that’s what he was doing. It’s not cool- it’s jarring and triggering. Do people really call themselves f*gs these days? Black people don’t hard R themselves.

He just has this innocent little vibe, and honestly, a dump truck that would make anyone jealous. And the leggings don’t help any.

is this author just an alien pretending to be human

It makes me think of Imani, just older, polar opposite skin,

"how do i let readers know this character is black? oh, i’ve got it!" - the author writing this sentence probably

He’s going to get himself the couch if he isn’t careful.

unchallenged heteronormative misogyny

Chew Boy—something about the way he sprawls in his chair, holding his jaw off-kilter, and the worn circle in his jean pocket tells me he does snuff—keeps

yeah that guy looks like a drug addict so i’m gonna call him druggie

I’d get hate-crimed on the spot.

hilarious /s

Sleepy—the only time I’ve seen him awake has been when the teacher on duty wakes him—seems like an ass,

writing books about bad people is fine but why are all of your fucking characters like this

I knew she was Wiccan. I remember her telling the class the first day of school, but I guess she just seemed so normal I sort of forgot.

more problematic internal narration.

Tomorrow I’ll be a free man again, or as free as a flaming eboy faggot in a super religious conservative house can be.

the f-slur is used 17 times in the whole book

This week has been crazy

i’m frustrated by the continued use of ableist language like this. and it’s such a literary crutch- just say what you mean.

f-slur

good job- finally calling it a slur

“Just do better?”

this is in regard to him calling wicca “devil witchcraft.” so we have checked religious ignorance, but unchecked ableism

“I’m not getting hate-crimed for that.”

“Have you seen the new IT movie?”

pop culture references are fun and relatable but it dates the hell out of a book. the book literally just came out and this is dated asf. IT came out 5 years ago

Didn’t want to get hate-crimed,

hilarious.

Siri stops for no one.

This sentence is the most enjoyable part of the book.

Not letting your dumb ass get sex-trafficked

wow this is just as funny as getting hate crimed

He really did like me all along, it’s so clear now.

guess that resolves it