I don't like the author character, Rebecca. Once again, a white woman becomes the center of a story about the murder (or any story) about a brown or black person.
I don't care about her angst or problems. I'm not interested in her insertion into the story. I'm interested in the story of the kids involved and the child that died.
So I'm rolling my eyes. First at the character's willingness to lie so easily - To the housemother who said, no, you can't talk to underage girls in my charge and then her sitting on the girl's bed cross-legged, smoking, and giving themcigs like she's one of them.
Give me a break!
No, you're exploiting them for a book. Rules actually apply to you, too.
Then she goes to the police station. Lies again easily and inserts herself into a murder investigation, again for her book.
I actually dislike the character more than I dislike the girls and I don't like snotty teenagers, especially ones who bully and murder.
I know this is a character, but she's written in a very typical way in a trope that I'm finding really annoying from so many other movies throughout the years.
There she is lying, removing someone from a murder investigation. Like, WTH? I hope she gets charged with obstruction and kidnapping for removing a child from police custody without parental knowledge that she has no relationship to.
The arrogance and confidence that nothing will be done to you!
Very poor and annoying writing in my book. Isn't she supposed to be the hero of sorts by writing about this case? Well, make her less glib, unethical, and annoying and globbing on to the pretty little white girl.
Where were the writers of color? Why is this white-centered in a story about child of color who was brutally murdered in real life?!
I don't care about her angst or problems. I'm not interested in her insertion into the story. I'm interested in the story of the kids involved and the child that died.
So I'm rolling my eyes. First at the character's willingness to lie so easily - To the housemother who said, no, you can't talk to underage girls in my charge and then her sitting on the girl's bed cross-legged, smoking, and giving themcigs like she's one of them.
Give me a break!
No, you're exploiting them for a book. Rules actually apply to you, too.
Then she goes to the police station. Lies again easily and inserts herself into a murder investigation, again for her book.
I actually dislike the character more than I dislike the girls and I don't like snotty teenagers, especially ones who bully and murder.
I know this is a character, but she's written in a very typical way in a trope that I'm finding really annoying from so many other movies throughout the years.
There she is lying, removing someone from a murder investigation. Like, WTH? I hope she gets charged with obstruction and kidnapping for removing a child from police custody without parental knowledge that she has no relationship to.
The arrogance and confidence that nothing will be done to you!
Very poor and annoying writing in my book. Isn't she supposed to be the hero of sorts by writing about this case? Well, make her less glib, unethical, and annoying and globbing on to the pretty little white girl.
Where were the writers of color? Why is this white-centered in a story about child of color who was brutally murdered in real life?!