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The Perfect Marriage (Perfect, #1)
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FYI saying a policeman “decided to go Rodney King� on someone isn’t cool or funny at all. Also the use of slurs for literally no reason was completely unnecessary from a white female author and added nothing to the story. This whole book is just a massive cringe & beyond offensive to several marginalized groups of people. Do better, Geneva. Or just stay out of literature pls n thx.
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Jan 03, 2023 02:31PM
THANK YOU I did a double take at the Rodney King mention.
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I didn’t like that either! Felt out of place and inappropriate
I can’t believe this book is trending again smh🤦🏼♀�
I’M SO HAPPY SOMEONE ELSE CAUGHT THIS!!! Absolutely atrocious!! I couldn’t even believe it.
Yes! I 100% agree! Terrible editor.
I am now hate reading this book because I can’t stand not to finish a book. It’s so awful - I mean the Rodney King reference, REALLY? How did this get past an editor?
I am also hate reading this book at this point. This book has the sophistication of a 4th grader.
Agreed. Very insensitive
🙋🏽♀� hate reading over here too!
That was so gross of her to put in this book…Idk how it has 4 stars�
I so glad to see I’m not the only one who cringed at that reference. Just one of many things I disliked about the book.
@katie It has four stars because it is a great book. The writing and story are great. The characters make you love and hate them at the same time. Such an amazing book!
I had the exact same thought!!
That and the random "f****t" really threw me for a loop. Like whyyyyy
Let alone the race-baiting with Hudson as a character. Very middle America, I don’t interact with those who don’t look like me, so I lead life with sick generalizations.
Literally came here to mention the Rodney King reference in my review
Yeah the RK reference was definitely...a choice.
The description of the black coworker was also cringe to me.
That was horrifying!! I couldn't get over how lazy and cringeworthy the writing was.
Also the excessive use of the work cock� it didn’t even serve any purpose half the time
THANK YOU!!! When I read the word fa**ot casually thrown in from a straight author I was so taken back. Not cool
Has this book been edited or did I somehow miss this?! Someone else said the main character called every female that walked passed her a bitch and I don't recall that either.
@Melanie Moniz-Crosby the main character definitely referred to just about every other female character as a bitch and the victim as a whore a few times. There were so many tidbits throughout the book that made it clear how the author thinks about the working class, minorities, and women.
They must have removed the word “fa***t� from the book because it was not in there when I read it
O my! I think the book has been edited. I just read it and did not see this. Makes me want to change my review 😕
That is great news that she edited it! I'll never forgive her for it though lol
Apparently this book was republished and there was a MAJOR re-write, as per the acknowledgements at the end of the edition I just read. There were no slurs and the excessive cursing seems to have been removed as well. This DOES NOT excuse the fact that the author wrote that way in the first place, I'm just providing some clarity on the discrepancies between readers. This book still completely sucked. What a terrible, terrible use of the unreliable narrator. There were also lots of other issues. No. Just. No.
