interlibraryprone reviewed Model Home by Rivers Solomon
The writing is so good, but the content is very heavy so take care
4 stars
This book was SO intense. So many gut punches, Solomon is so good at hitting you where it hurts. This is a positive review I swear. It's such an incisive depiction of trauma and racism and antiqueerness. It was validating and made me feel seen.
I would have liked the intersex rep to be a bit more explicit. Ezri seems to have CAH or something like it, and discloses a ton of other diagnoses in the book but not a specific intersex variation. The OSDD representation was well done.
The 4/5 is because I felt the subplot with Ezri's daughter being abused by an internet predator was unnecessary. There's a lot of violence in this book that feels necessary to the story Solomon is trying to tell. This violence didn't feel necessary, and it only reinforced the stranger danger trope.
Overall I'd still recommend, but take care, …
This book was SO intense. So many gut punches, Solomon is so good at hitting you where it hurts. This is a positive review I swear. It's such an incisive depiction of trauma and racism and antiqueerness. It was validating and made me feel seen.
I would have liked the intersex rep to be a bit more explicit. Ezri seems to have CAH or something like it, and discloses a ton of other diagnoses in the book but not a specific intersex variation. The OSDD representation was well done.
The 4/5 is because I felt the subplot with Ezri's daughter being abused by an internet predator was unnecessary. There's a lot of violence in this book that feels necessary to the story Solomon is trying to tell. This violence didn't feel necessary, and it only reinforced the stranger danger trope.
Overall I'd still recommend, but take care, this one is a heavy read.
