@kamreadsandrecs@bookstodon Odd. And tropey. Yes, it's true that given that this is a book published in 2023, there's likely more to this story than what appears. I'll be diplomatic about this since I'm a SingleIssueWonk and this isn't my issue. However, AFAICT it doesn't explain anything about the story's HiddenDepths; the review merely outlines its genre conventions, portraying what is likely not genre fiction as mere genre fiction. The problem likely isn't the book, but the review./gen