_astronoMay reviewed Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
Review of 'Two Nights in Lisbon' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
!!! CW: This book needs a BIG content warning. So fyi for anyone considering reading it/reviews: SA and Rape are big themes of this supposed "thriller"
I was wary of this book because I generally don't enjoy main characters who are women but written by men, but thought I'd give it a chance because ratings were generally good at the time and I was traveling to Lisbon and hadn't read a good thriller in a while. My initial reservations QUICKLY were proven to be correct: nearly every woman in this novel is over sexualized, with their ability to be or look sexy a major character trait. The main character is regularly called "hysterical".
Issues like SA, harassment, are regularly discussed and graphically described, but without the careful nuance that they require. It feels like a book that just wanted to hit on these "hot topics" without any real awareness of …
!!! CW: This book needs a BIG content warning. So fyi for anyone considering reading it/reviews: SA and Rape are big themes of this supposed "thriller"
I was wary of this book because I generally don't enjoy main characters who are women but written by men, but thought I'd give it a chance because ratings were generally good at the time and I was traveling to Lisbon and hadn't read a good thriller in a while. My initial reservations QUICKLY were proven to be correct: nearly every woman in this novel is over sexualized, with their ability to be or look sexy a major character trait. The main character is regularly called "hysterical".
Issues like SA, harassment, are regularly discussed and graphically described, but without the careful nuance that they require. It feels like a book that just wanted to hit on these "hot topics" without any real awareness of how to properly address these topics.
All of the unnecessary asides nearly made this unreadable. They were simply a way to draw out the story and attempt to create this illusion of thrill. There was no real "mystery" or "thriller", just information that the reader didn't have until the end.
Overall this verges very closely to my 1 star rating category of "would actively discourage others from reading".
