The Fool Reversed, by Susan Whitcher

[rachelmanija]

Whitcher is also the author of YA fantasy Enchanter's Glass, which I recall as interesting but flawed.

The Fool Reversed is... wait for it... and interesting but flawed YA novel distinguished by the precise delineation of emotional states and by the WTF turn it takes halfway through

Comments

[rachelmanija]

Yes, that was actually good. I did think the ending was melodramatic, but I see now that it could have been SO MUCH MORE melodramatic.

[coffeeandink]

I got this because I like Enchanter's Glass and then skimmed it and have not been able to make myself read it because (a) OMG the opening with Anna's fooling herself into complicity with Thorn's abuse is SO HORRIFYING to me; (b) I skimmed the ending and was WTFBBQEYELOSS?!?!?!

[rachelmanija]

a) totally agree, b) even more OMGWTF was the S&M Rape Teen-Pimping Blood-spattered Orgy Masked Ball of... small-press poets.

[seajules]

S&M Rape Teen-Pimping Blood-spattered Orgy Masked Ball of... small-press poets.

Dude, we are a BRUTAL CROWD.

[buymeaclue]

in the ensuing shoot-out, he loses an eye.

I have no desire to read the book, but I really want this iconified.

[rachelmanija]

Ask telophase; she made me this one.

[asakiyume]

powerful in the small-press world! Wow!!! Yeah, I can see how Thorn would want to butter up that guy by offering up his teenage girlfriend. I mean--the power!

--sorry, I know that's not the main misstep of this tale, but it was the one that made me laugh the most.

[rachelmanija]

That was the one that made me laugh the most, too. And also that the literally blood-spattered masked S&M rape orgy party consisted of... small press poets.

[seajules]

...Ewww.