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Ok, so. She just raped her girlfriend. I'm used to plot points like this in lesbian pulp but this book was published well into the 1970s.

Was everyone at Naiad Press mentally well? Was Ms. Shockley ok? I understand that consent is complicated, but did she really have to write in 3 instances of Terry saying no AND have Renay push her down onto the bed????

Reading for school so it's boring, natch.

All-around terrible. Only read this if you enjoy writing hate reviews.

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Goodreads malfunctioning and not posting my reviews in my updates feed again.

This is getting 1 star for playing into rape culture and excusing the love interest's patronising, over-privileged takes. Hate review is already half written.

Truly a hate read. Why are we acting as if this irritating love interest has any desirable qualities besides using her middle class privilege to offer the MC a place to stay? It's ok for people to be useful...we don't have to always pretend they're worthy of our friendship.

The love interest is so annoying...I pray on the downfall of this relationship even though it hasn't started yet.

I have officially laughed out loud in public to this (to a joke about a Christmas present, not a gory scene).

The writing reminds me of a half-finished romance novel I wrote aged 11-12...

I really do not like reading stuff that brings back repressed memories of my old projects (which at the time I bravely imagined were something near to litfic).

I'm keeping track of all the groups I belong to that are mentioned (read: maligned) by Patrick Bateman. So far, we have Black people being subtly looked down upon, lesbians being fetishised and autism being...mentioned but not insulted? Rarely have I read about a more engaging MC. I actually love this.

Donald Trump jumpscare oop-

I'm being deadly serious when I say that anyone who is able to* must read Notice by Heather Lewis. The most important depiction of what child sexual abuse can do to someone that I've ever read, if not the most important, well...ever.

*Check content warnings!

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An article for the lesbian pulp fans!

I've written a whole review in my notes app already. Can finally relax and wait for my copy to arrive at the local Waterstones so I can read in peace.

Screaming clawing at my scalp...I can't find this free online and I have to wait for my copy to arrive. Only read the free sample and I'm already attached.

One more thing: I can tell who came from Criminolly's video by how much they whine about it being/not being horror.

I haven't started reading yet but I suspect that the people calling this the most disturbing book ever are missing the damn point.

Idek what page I'm on because I'm not reading this in order but there is a scene where 4 lesbians kiss a woman's pussy goodbye before she gets married to a man (1960s). It would be so fun to actually watch these plays.

We should totally be allowed to block books on here. There are some books that I would pay for the privilege to never see again, regardless of whether one of my best friends is posting updates on them.

It feels like a sin to read this when I'm tired bc why are my fav characters going blurry in my head.

Proof that I do NOT play about Sarah Dreher. I will read every single thing she has ever written, including contributions to random anthologies which I would have no interest in otherwise.

Forever paranoid about my fiction writing reading like YA. I just wrote the first draft of a half-decent mental breakdown scene and thought: great, have you considered that it might be at home in a children's picture book? A Nancy Drew novel? My own special interest is turning against me smh.

Societal norms are a hell of a drug...this gal genuinely hasn't realised she's a lesbian yet.

' "All up-and-coming young career-until-they-marry girls have double beds. For sex." '

Everything that comes out of Shelby's mouth is so hilariously, sweetly naive.

Giggling kicking my feet at this 24/7.

Every time I feel like my hair makes me less of a femme, it reminds me to NOT straighten my hair. Long, straight, flowing hair is not the epitome of femininity and I will beat that into everyone's brain until the end of time.

(Not book-related but this is my only social media bc I'm sad like that.)

What is with people on this app not using capital letters? Is it a deliberate move towards a new cultural norm? Did they just turn autocaps off? As an autist with a special interest in books/words, a perfectly good review written all in lowercase will hurt my eyes and head. I can't read it for more than a paragraph I'm sorry for not being Chill About It™ :(

This is...kind of terrible!

Oh gosh not the hard r N-word + the first confirmation of a character's Blackness being a reference to COTTON PICKING. I am notoriously tolerant when it comes to things being 'of their time' but c'mon this was the 90s...we do not have to put up with all of this just to get one Black lesbian character.

Somehow still more rep than most post-2010 queer stuff tho.

When I see a person I was destined to be GR friends with and they were last active 5+ years ago, I just think booooo thanks for nothing dude. We could've discussed the importance of butch/femme to lesbian culture...but now you're gone :(

For a 'virile adventure' (as opposed to 'pro-lesbian') pulp novel, this is...surprisingly appealing to me. I don't understand the people who say this was clearly written for men's pleasure when I don't get strong male-gazey vibes from it. Maaaybe it's because it was written by a woman? But then again lots of women write sickeningly male-gazey books.