Granny Rabbit
I wish I had loved this book more - I really wanted to. The content is fascinating, and I truly wanted to feel more connected to and invested in this voyage of self discovery. However, I found the use of 'them', 'they' 'themself' when referring to a single person in place of 'him' or 'her' to be jarring initially, and then it became more and more irritating. I admit I am not young ... but I am a grammar freak and to me, and to most of my generation, them and they are plural pronouns; and of course they are used as gender neutral pronouns as well, I find them confusing when referring to a single person ... I kept wondering what - or rather 'who' I had lost in my read. Throughout, I found myself trying to mentally replace what is clearly a deliberate choice on the part of the author, with what I believe to be grammatically correct. It felt deliberately 'tricksy'. A shame, in a book which is clearly deeply felt and which I would have found pertinent, relevant and inspiring had I not been inwardly cringing at the pronouns. I'm not sure the author knows their audience. Though the content is pertinent to younger people, the style of writing is not remotely geared to a youthful readership, and I think anyone over the age of thirty is likely to be as irritated as I was.
