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A review by bookish_kristina
In Want of a Wife by Jo Goodman
1.0
Petition to rename this book In Want of A Trigger Warning.
All I can say is what the fuck was this author thinking with this? I’ve read a lot of historical westerns, and they tend to either be quite dark and gritty or very light and fluffy. This one tried to be both and I am traumatized by it.
I don’t know how to review this gd book. It was a slice of life historical western with funny side characters mixed with horrifyingly detailed accounts of childhood sexual assault and forced abortion-like medical procedures, ending with a magnificent seven style bank robbery and miracle pregnancy which made the whole abortion horror-story completely unnecessary.
It was very jarring to switch back and forth from sweet marriage of convenience to flashbacks in graphic detail. Honestly, this book needs content warnings.
If I could put those shock-value-horror-for-horror-sake moments out of my head this would be a three star read. It was an ok story with weirdly written dialogue but relaxing over all. But because of the stupid, unnecessarily sensual descriptions of the hero being sexually assaulted at 11 yrs old, I can’t rate this higher than one star.
So be warned of what’s in this book my friends, don’t let the relaxed, funny, slice of life stuff lull you into a state of boredom, because the horrors are just around the corner.
All I can say is what the fuck was this author thinking with this? I’ve read a lot of historical westerns, and they tend to either be quite dark and gritty or very light and fluffy. This one tried to be both and I am traumatized by it.
I don’t know how to review this gd book. It was a slice of life historical western with funny side characters mixed with horrifyingly detailed accounts of childhood sexual assault and forced abortion-like medical procedures, ending with a magnificent seven style bank robbery and miracle pregnancy which made the whole abortion horror-story completely unnecessary.
It was very jarring to switch back and forth from sweet marriage of convenience to flashbacks in graphic detail. Honestly, this book needs content warnings.
If I could put those shock-value-horror-for-horror-sake moments out of my head this would be a three star read. It was an ok story with weirdly written dialogue but relaxing over all. But because of the stupid, unnecessarily sensual descriptions of the hero being sexually assaulted at 11 yrs old, I can’t rate this higher than one star.
So be warned of what’s in this book my friends, don’t let the relaxed, funny, slice of life stuff lull you into a state of boredom, because the horrors are just around the corner.