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charlottesometimes 's review for:
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
by Bolu Babalola
lighthearted
slow-paced
This was, frankly, dull. So many of the elements were repeated from story to story that it felt like reading 13 versions of the same basic tale. Generally they focused on an unfeasibly attractive cishet couple who were either already in love by the time the story started, or fell in love at first sight. The man was often unpleasantly pushy and arrogant, and the woman was usually judgemental of others of her gender for petty reasons. At some point the man would make a bad joke, but the woman would forgive him because he was hot. Then they would pair up and live happily ever after. That’s it. No jeopardy, no drama, no character growth. Just meetings and agreements to love each other forever. Nothing seemed real or worthy of examination, and it was very hard to care.