Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts are my own.
“Through campy pop culture rhymes and beautiful oil paintings, the narrator of our book guides you through a list of things you CAN grab while offering more poetic ways to refer to a woman’s genitalia than the word “pussy” that Trump so vulgarly used. As the narrator goes on, she lets you know more about her relatives (a reclusive aunt with a lazy eye) and her interests (Justin Bieber’s Instagram) while never losing sight of her mission to make the President as uncomfortable as possible. We think that the President, not to mention men in Hollywood, Wall Street, the news media and beyond, can benefit from reading our book. No matter who you are, or how dumb you are, you’ll be able to understand this book’s simple message: Hands off my pussy!”
Okay, great. Right up my alley. I hate Tr*mp and I love stuff that makes fun of the atrocious things he’s said.
Man, I wish this was better. I think one of the main things that turned me off is how vulgar it is? Which is like, Hannah, you watch Game of Thrones, what are you talking about, but hear me out. It’s not exactly the nicest visual to have your vagina referred to as a “crusty crustacean”, a “yogurt factory”, and a “meat locker.” GROSS. It made me sO uncomfortable and I can’t even tell you why. I just felt…violated, I guess? Wasn’t a good feeling, I know that.
Okay, you say, Hannah you should’ve expected something like this going into a book with pussy in the title. Which is a fair point. But what’s the point of reading if you don’t give things a chance, even if you aren’t sure if you’ll like them or not. I tried, and I didn’t like it, but I stepped out of my comfort zone, which is something.
This is a super short comic/graphic novel, but it got to a point where the repetition of “you can grab this political reference, but don’t grab my vag” was becoming boring. I also thought the art was super ugly.
But it could’ve been worse and I added a star, totaling 2, just because it’s against Tr*mp, lol.
