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Dumbass book is dumbass. Why on earth it has 4/5 stars rating, I have no idea.
Listen. Look and listen. I’m only here for henry and alex and that’s it. I love their relationship, i thought that they were cute, i love those sweet emails they sent to each other, i love the longing and the bantz and not for much else.
First of all, I didn’t care for the politics, frankly I thought it was boring and I just sped read through it because 1. I’m not american nor am I british 2. i DO NOT care about fictional election campaign. 3. I was here to read about some lighthearted romance and not about politic. I did not sign up for that. Some people pointed out that the political part about this book is flawed and sterilized and I do agree with that. The politic seems like a big part of the book but also at the same time, it just feels so contrived, not realistic at all compared to how dirty and complex the actual thing is. There were also some comments being made throughout the book by the characters about torture chambers, waterboarding etc. and it was passed on as a joke which is horrifying.
I also don’t know what to feel about reading a book that focuses on these two men’s romantic relationship (also one of them being a POC) with pretty explicit sex scenes written by a white woman and how almost, almost everytime they meet with each other they’re always having sex (i mean have yall ever heard about the fetishization of gay men being done by female audience????) and honestly the book did feel fanfiction-y at times.
Overall though it was an okay book, I did scream at some point or another because I was rooting for Henry and Alex to get together. But as far as characterizations go, there’s just nothing special about them.
Also I just wished that the author focused more on the growth of their relationship and the change of their dynamic from enemies to lovers because i would’ve much preferred to see them growing in a slow-burn (because the premise of the book WAS enemy to lover) instead of the author rushing them to be together immediately after their second or third meeting.
First of all, I didn’t care for the politics, frankly I thought it was boring and I just sped read through it because 1. I’m not american nor am I british 2. i DO NOT care about fictional election campaign. 3. I was here to read about some lighthearted romance and not about politic. I did not sign up for that. Some people pointed out that the political part about this book is flawed and sterilized and I do agree with that. The politic seems like a big part of the book but also at the same time, it just feels so contrived, not realistic at all compared to how dirty and complex the actual thing is. There were also some comments being made throughout the book by the characters about torture chambers, waterboarding etc. and it was passed on as a joke which is horrifying.
I also don’t know what to feel about reading a book that focuses on these two men’s romantic relationship (also one of them being a POC) with pretty explicit sex scenes written by a white woman and how almost, almost everytime they meet with each other they’re always having sex (i mean have yall ever heard about the fetishization of gay men being done by female audience????) and honestly the book did feel fanfiction-y at times.
Overall though it was an okay book, I did scream at some point or another because I was rooting for Henry and Alex to get together. But as far as characterizations go, there’s just nothing special about them.
Also I just wished that the author focused more on the growth of their relationship and the change of their dynamic from enemies to lovers because i would’ve much preferred to see them growing in a slow-burn (because the premise of the book WAS enemy to lover) instead of the author rushing them to be together immediately after their second or third meeting.
Honestly though, I watched the show before reading the book. I tried reading it back in 2014 but I don’t think that I finished it. The handmaid’s tale is giving me proper nightmare and I’m a little traumatized from the show itself, so I’m not sure why I decided to read the book too. Anyway I don’t know how to review this, so there’s that.
I'm so torn i don't know how to rate this thing like shit's disturbing and abusive and crazy but i can't stop reading it i hate my life. This is garbage, but it's the ultimate guilty pleasure, please read this. I can't give it a high rating, though, because i don't agree with some stuff here and it's basically ~problematic~ but... okay yeah basically i'm fuckin torn.
Had a lot of fun reading this! But I felt a little icky about Cardan’s sudden change in behavior when he was caught & tied up by Jude because throughout the book I was made to believe that he’s this evil bully and as it turns out he just has a /crush/ on her? And part of me /knew/ that he has a bigger part to play but god. What are we? 10 years old? Anyhoo, I need to see some more characters development in book two because I’m already hooked. I do like morally grey characters and this book seems to be filled to the brim with them.
Truthfully i love these ladies, i cried and laughed throughout the book, i can sympathise with them and the things they went through. Amazing read!!!
