![]() ![]() ![]() And so, naturally, I decided that I wanted to read the book for myself, to see where it fell. ![]() From there, the backlash doubled down, resulting in no small amount of trouble for this book, but largely one that was echoed by people going off of this review without reading the book – which, of course, led to a backlash to that backlash, with people rising to defend the book. Like a lot of people, I bet, I was first alerted to the existence of Laurie Forest’s debut novel The Black Witch by an article in Vulture entitled “The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter.” The article told the story of how this novel had faced a massive backlash even before its publication, all resulting from an early review accusing the book of being “the most dangerous, offensive book I have ever read.” The reviewer spent almost 10,000 words excoriating the book for its bigotry and racial views, singling out passage after passage of hateful speech and racially loaded language. ![]()
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