I was hooked for a while there - but finding these other factors very distracting, and now contemplating a DNF at only halfway. Another actor insists on using old English pronunciation of /hw/ instead of the more natural /wh/… H-white, h-where, it’s relentless. The voices don’t do the text any favours, although the text does possess some charm, aside from that aforementioned. The voice actors are also unsuitable - ironically here, a 28 year old characters’ voice is played by someone much older and it is incredibly distracting due to the inconsistency. There is no other context to account for her loss of beauty but age. But alas, these things pass by unnoticed (probably seem pedantic to you reading this, even), as it is so normal in our culture to treat older people as inferior, no longer capable of being beautiful (character mentioned is presumably only in her 30s / 40s no less, based on surrounding characters’ ages). And the character who thought this is supposed to be somewhat sympathetic to us. As if at 35 a women is drained of her beauty. The unashamed ageism of this part “she was probably beautiful once”, was incredibly off-putting for me. Natural blonde hair, blue eyes and large breasts that she was showing off in a v-neck shirt and cardigan sweater.” Get used to these descriptions, even from female characters the male gaze of the author makes itself evident. The Kind Worth Killing - A Novel Peter Swanson Publisher: William Morrow 2 37 0 Summary A devious tale of psychological suspense perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Trainand is soon to be a major movie directed by Agnieszka Holland. “Even with the clown-like makeup you could tell she was pretty - and had probably once been beautiful.
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