reubenalbatross 's review for:

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
DID NOT FINISH: 11%

 
11% in and I can’t continue with this, it’s enraging me. Most of it was as a British person being annoyed by an American’s poor attempt at writing Welsh characters. The writing is also SO bloated, it definitely needed more editing. 

This is the list of things that annoyed me most in the 29 pages I read: 

Rhys (Welsh character) talking about it raining –- 

"that it started pissing down" 

This is NOT how we use ‘pissing’ – it is always ‘pissing it down’, the rain doesn’t start ‘pissing down’.  

Pubs in the UK don’t have open bowls of snacks these days, and never in my 27 years of life living in the UK have I seen one, especially in a country pub. 

In one sentence describing Rhys' father's study –- 

"There was black wood, more velvet..." 

The very next paragraph –- 

"Not one velvet item... in the whole place." 

Which one is it?? 

Rhys’ father chiding Rhys for how long he’s been away – 

"Half a year," his father replied because why say a normal thing like "six months"?" 

There's truly no fucking difference??? What is there for Rhys to be annoyed about in that? Half a year is just as normal as six months, maybe even more so! 

"A hundred years ago, his ancestor" 

Really, calling someone who’s probably only your great-grandparent an 'ancestor'? That’s not normal. 

"Rhys lifted his hand to give his brother a double-fingered salute" 

1. A British person would never call it that, especially using 'salute' 

2. This is a middle finger moment, none of that bullshit two finger nonsense. 

It's definitely not worth me pushing through this for what, as far as I can see, is an extremely mediocre book. Farewell.