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Vibes & Feels
by Sarah Skye
First 1-star review for this book. I'm truly honored.
Final impressions:
• This book tried to redeem a humongous asshole of a character (Marco) and failed to do so. But to be fair, I'm not sure how to go about redeeming a toxic, serial cheater and convincing readers that it's a good idea for the main character to fall in love with a guy who hurt and cheated on both her best friends. Or maybe that's just me.
• While I appreciated this book's effort in advocating therapy, I couldn't help but feel that it could've been handled better and more organically.
• Morgan is into tarot readings and reiki and chakras - and it really gave me the same vibes as white women who swear by the power of yoga. Very weird energy all around. Especially when
• One of Marco's selling points as a love interest is that he likes Taylor Swift and BTS. However, as someone who does enjoy k-pop, I didn't like the backhanded jokes that k-pop fans are all pre-teen girls. Reeked of internalized misogyny and infantilization to me, but okay.
• Overall, very white, very weird, and not memorable at all.
Tl;dr: Not a single lumpia in sight. I can't recommend this.
Final impressions:
• This book tried to redeem a humongous asshole of a character (Marco) and failed to do so. But to be fair, I'm not sure how to go about redeeming a toxic, serial cheater and convincing readers that it's a good idea for the main character to fall in love with a guy who hurt and cheated on both her best friends. Or maybe that's just me.
• While I appreciated this book's effort in advocating therapy, I couldn't help but feel that it could've been handled better and more organically.
Spoiler
Marco pretty much self-diagnosed himself ("I'm a shitty person because my family is shitty to me") and then sought out a therapist to confirm his suspicions. The whole thing was very in-your-face.• Morgan is into tarot readings and reiki and chakras - and it really gave me the same vibes as white women who swear by the power of yoga. Very weird energy all around. Especially when
Spoiler
Morgan went from "unblocking" Marco's throat chakra to suddenly making out and grinding against him.• One of Marco's selling points as a love interest is that he likes Taylor Swift and BTS. However, as someone who does enjoy k-pop, I didn't like the backhanded jokes that k-pop fans are all pre-teen girls. Reeked of internalized misogyny and infantilization to me, but okay.
• Overall, very white, very weird, and not memorable at all.
Tl;dr: Not a single lumpia in sight. I can't recommend this.