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Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel
TifAni FaNelli.A google search will reveal variations of both names, but none with that particular capitalisation. The unusual capitalisation of the main character’s name, of both of her names, succeeded in pulling this reader out of the story every single time it was mentioned, followed by the line of thought to try and figure out why it was done.
Did the author think the reader was so stupid that they wouldn’t see how the character had decided to go by Ani (pronounced Ah-nee, rather than Annie) when she left high-school? Was this a choice to show that her name was pronounced Tifahnee, and if so, why did she have to explain the way Ani was pronounced when she bumped into people who had known her while she was at school?
The awful, awful character name aside, this was a more enjoyable read than not.
There’s nothing particularly bad about the writing, and it deals with some pretty serious issues like rape, bullying, and eating disorders. It deals with the way girls are raised, the way they’re guilted into thinking that rape and assault are their own doing, and they’re selfish and cruel if they say no.
The rest of this review can be found here!