ladybusiness | (Reply)

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because you reach a point where to express hurt is to be seen to be bitter and incapable of forgiveness.

It pits the feelings of the abuser above the feelings of the abused for me. Without opening up an entire can of worms about abuse, there have been people in my life who have hurt me who I will never forgive and have been hassled to do so for over the years by well-meaning friends and parents. I don't care how they're feeling. It's not relevant, because they made the choices they made. The end of this book gave Eona access to feelings and knowledge of her abuser with a magic our world doesn't possess, and took it in the same path our culture forces on people who've been abused: forgive, but don't forget. How about we give the choice to the people, cultural narrative? Maybe some of us don't believe forgiveness is deserved, necessary to move on, or makes us inherently bitter creatures.

How do you write a book with magic and entrench the same tired ideals? Sloppy.