1) no it did not. not only have so many other books written friendships between women before, they did so infinitely better. and sure, you can claim that Danika helped Bruce make the climb after the Drop, but let’s be real, Danika convinced Bruce to do so bc of Hunt
2) sure it included her trauma, but not well, not realistically, not respectfully, and certainly not for the first time. sj///m never writes trauma well, and yet she continues to write it and piss on people who deal with actual trauma bc her stans coddle her and never challenge her to do better
3) Bruce is slut-shamed all. the. time. for having casual sex. there is no sex positivity to be found in this book
4) Bruce was never with Connor, if that’s who this stan is referring to, so like. idk what they’re trying to argue here. plus, the relationship bw Hunt and Shahar never felt balanced and equal to me, so i could never get behind it
5) why do stans continue to pretend that sj///m is the first author to ever write “badass female characters” bc she never does it well
6) look i remain pissed about how sj///m wrote about Bruce’s leg. she refused to get it treated bc she wanted to punish herself. plus, it was magically healed. as someone with chronic pain and a bad leg, this is bullshit
7) i remain angry that sj///m made Bruce such an asshole to Ruhn, clearly trying to make us take Bruce’s side here, only for it to be fixed in what felt like the last ten pages of the book
8) yes, i agree with the stan that Bruce’s mom and stepdad are probably the only good parents sj///m has ever written, but i still had some beef with Bruce’s mom due to how she spoke to Bruce
9) ah yes, bc we’ve never seen an author write about men feeling emotions before. also, the situation with Hunt hating the fact he kills for Micah always felt superficial bc we had so. many. instances of Hunt immediately wanting to bestow violence on people for Bruce, so like. no.
10) sorry i just laughed myself into another dimension at the fact that this stan actually thinks what Bruce did for Lehabah was at all compassionate or loving. Bruce bought Lehabah from Jesiba and then kept it from her for who knows how fucking long instead of telling Lehabah instantly bc Bruce wanted to throw a fucking party to ~celebrate Lehabah’s freedom~
stans, open your goddamn eyes and stop kissing sj///m’s ass.
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