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A review by motherhorror
Celestina's House by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez
NO RATING/DNF/CONTENT WARNING
I was so excited to read this book. My hold finally came up on Libby and I jumped right into it. A quarter of the way through, I am choosing to walk away due to the grooming and eventual incestual SA of the main character as a child by her father.
I wish this were handled off the page. Maybe Celestina could reflect back on what happened to her during childhood or Celestina and Stella could have a conversation about it--anything but 25% of the book being this uncomfortable exploitation. Ugh, I wish I could scrub the ick from my brain. It's weird that a lot of the glowing reviews don't even mention it--it's a quarter of the book! The whole beginning.
I was so excited to read this book. My hold finally came up on Libby and I jumped right into it. A quarter of the way through, I am choosing to walk away due to the grooming and eventual incestual SA of the main character as a child by her father.
I wish this were handled off the page. Maybe Celestina could reflect back on what happened to her during childhood or Celestina and Stella could have a conversation about it--anything but 25% of the book being this uncomfortable exploitation. Ugh, I wish I could scrub the ick from my brain. It's weird that a lot of the glowing reviews don't even mention it--it's a quarter of the book! The whole beginning.