Cande ♡ answers “Why does this book have such good reviews...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Dear Wife:

Why does this book have such good reviews when its full of racism and transphobia??

Cande ♡ I did feel the transphobia. That scene when Beth realizes Miss Sally is a trans woman was bad. Weirdly written and even I felt somewhat uncomfortable.…moreI did feel the transphobia. That scene when Beth realizes Miss Sally is a trans woman was bad. Weirdly written and even I felt somewhat uncomfortable. But I think the scene when Marcus meets her and uses the pronoun 'he' to refer to her tells us more about him as a person and what a shitty, abusive, discriminatory person he is
But i'm curious to know why you think the latino characters were mistreated! (less)

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Charlie Yeah i agree completely about Marcus' character, it was more Beth's comments that i felt were unnecessary. i've tried to wipe this book from my memory ...more
Dec 05, 2019 01:29PM

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