Nnedi’s Reviews > Grasshopper Jungle > Status Update

....and i'm not even going to start in on my problems with and lack of development of the central female character (unless you count her chest size). >_

The issues I mentioned in previous status updates only get worse. This book is unique and amazing for many reasons and worth the read, but this issue of "sperm is the foundation of humanity" is messing with my enjoyment of this book. it's repeated over and over and i'm not allowed to pretend it wasn't said.

...and let me add that this book reads WAY too male for my liking. the narrator even thinks that children come from men's sperm. it's a very exclusive way to tell a story and it's off-putting to me as a woman. i don't mind reading male characters (of course i don't) but this does it in such a way that i feel VERY sure that this book was not written for a reader like me. and that is something else.

Ok, so the main character is horny and shit, and he's not sure if he's gay, giant bugs are hatching from people's body. so why does this read like NOTHING IS HAPPENING? i don't get it. might be the tone. it's so distant and indifferent. might be the audiobook reader (whom i find really annoying. he makes female characters speak the way the stereotypical gay men). i bought this book because i liked the title. hmmm