Queenie

What I like about this book is the audiobook narrator was great and Queenie brings a black perspective which I want to explore, and eventually Queenie gets herself together a bit by going to therapy.


I mostly found this book really frustrating.

Even though Queenie is black and will stand for some principles but become flimsy at anything else. She can not stand up for herself. Also there is a line that said she refused to date black men (this is when I checked to make sure the author isn't white?? they're not!) and queenie will just white men can do whatever harm they want to her the entire fucking book. I'm not sure if this the intentional hypocrisy to provide an example of how bad queenie needs to get her life together...or just a hypocritical sentiment. What am I missing?

It's a rough journey with Queen's discover of self-worth because you'll read over and over her failures as white men keep emotionally and sexually use her up. She just lets these white men abuse her it is extremely disturbing when health professionals tell her about internal bruises and rips. So, essentially this masquerade of consensual sex is not at all. The casual sex thing i'm not a fan because I think it strengthens male privilege compared to female empowerment - but this is more of an opinion thing

I put this in the romance bookshelf because I thought maybe this is a common dating problem? All the book is literally about casual sex and men. (although, the sex sense are not satisfying because of the abuse) And maybe a hint of love your self! IDK

If you're looking for a bad ass feminist, this isn't for you. If you are looking for a rough loooong journey with somewhat satisfying ending then I would recommend!