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A review by lil_poundcake
The Great Night by Chris Adrian
1.0
I give the fuck up. I strongly disliked the book as a whole, but the whole cougar/teenage boy salad tossing/queefing scene made me want to throw my Kindle across the room.
This book is dreary and tedious as fuck. The scenes with Titania and her court were by far the most interesting parts; I even liked Demon Puck! The humans are just horrible and their stories were so dull and repetitive.
I get the sense that Adrian, in an attempt to make this a truly unique spin on Shakespeare, confused "spin" with "subversion". What you get is not really subversive -- it's more a weak attempt at what Adrian thinks might be inflammatory. Molly "rebelling" against her wacko "Christian" family by falsely accusing her black foster brother of rape is not so much creatively subversive as it is out-and-out offensive. The aforementioned queefing scene and the descriptions of marshmallow genitalia were just stupid.
Molly, Henry, and Will reminiscing about their lost loves were sweet and a refreshing change from the overall bleakness of the story.
Ultimately, I honestly don't think Adrian is as creative or as enchanting a writer as he thinks he is. I want my $9.99 back.
This book is dreary and tedious as fuck. The scenes with Titania and her court were by far the most interesting parts; I even liked Demon Puck! The humans are just horrible and their stories were so dull and repetitive.
I get the sense that Adrian, in an attempt to make this a truly unique spin on Shakespeare, confused "spin" with "subversion". What you get is not really subversive -- it's more a weak attempt at what Adrian thinks might be inflammatory. Molly "rebelling" against her wacko "Christian" family by falsely accusing her black foster brother of rape is not so much creatively subversive as it is out-and-out offensive. The aforementioned queefing scene and the descriptions of marshmallow genitalia were just stupid.
Molly, Henry, and Will reminiscing about their lost loves were sweet and a refreshing change from the overall bleakness of the story.
Ultimately, I honestly don't think Adrian is as creative or as enchanting a writer as he thinks he is. I want my $9.99 back.