UPDATE: I read the other reviews and HOW is no one mentioning the repeated on-page rape? What the hell? Is it just that it's so normal and accepted that a father would let his best friend rape his teenage daughter while he was in the house? And yes, the teen says at one point "at least he pays attention to me!" But she's also lying about where the bruises on her wrists came from and we see him holding her down... I cannot. This should come with a major content warning and no one else is even mentioning it.

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User is part love-letter to 90's text-based roleplaying and part messed-up domestic and sexual abuse story. I picked it up for the LGBTQ rep, but it was really unclear if the main character was learning to embrace her inner masculine or if she was just becoming a misogynist. Or both! Add in a father who is allowing his best friend to repeatedly rape her younger sister... And no resolution to that unnecessary side plot? It's not a fun book to read. I'm glad this book was good rep back when it came out, but I think we've moved beyond it now.

The art is interesting, with a marked contrast in style between IRL and in-game time. ( )